COP31 Bulletin Day 4: Burnham speaks with UK climate policy under fire

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The UK prime minister is one of 25 leaders speaking in Antalya on Thursday while Lula, Greta Thunberg and Gavin Newsom are set to draw crowds The post COP31 Bulletin Day 4:…

A second set of world leaders give their speeches on Thursday before heading out of town and leaving their negotiators to it. After around 40 leaders spoke on Wednesday, today there will be just 25 or so including the UK’s Andy Burnham, Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez and Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman.

But Brazil’s President Lula is still there and is expected to keep grabbing headlines, along with California’s Governor - and maybe next US president - Gavin Newsom - and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who has lost none of her star power, if the crowd around her in the press centre was anything to go by.

We’ll bring you highlights through the day on issues ranging from finance to methane, and update you on a pledging event for the Pacific Resilience Facility, which the climate-vulnerable region is relying on to keep small island nations as safe as possible in the face of intensifying storms, drought and sea level rise.

A second set of world leaders give their speeches on Thursday before heading out of town and leaving their negotiators to it. After around 40 leaders spoke on Wednesday, today there will be just 25 or so including the UK’s Andy Burnham, Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez and Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman.

But Brazil’s President Lula is still there and is expected to keep grabbing headlines, along with California’s Governor - and maybe next US president - Gavin Newsom - and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who has lost none of her star power, if the crowd around her in the press centre was anything to go by.

We’ll bring you highlights through the day on issues ranging from finance to methane, and update you on a pledging event for the Pacific Resilience Facility, which the climate-vulnerable region is relying on to keep small island nations as safe as possible in the face of intensifying storms, drought and sea level rise.

The UK’s newish centre-left prime minister arrived in Antalya on Wednesday night, gave a speech to a half-empty room on Thursday morning…

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