UN chief urges world leaders to tackle fossil fuels at COP31
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"Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs, but that won't happen on its own" said UN chief Antonio Guterres at the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
"Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs, but that won't happen on its own" said UN chief Antonio Guterres at the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
While European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is coming to Antalya, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are staying away. COP31 coincides with an EU leaders' summit in Ireland on Thursday.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi are also absent from the most recent list.Unsurprisingly, US President Donald Trump, who pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and has not sent officials to climate talks since his re-election in 2024, is not attending the summit.Chinese President Xi Jinping, who rarely attends COPs, will be represented by Vice President Han Zheng.
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