COP31 Opens in Antalya With a UN Push for Faster Climate Action
UN leaders urged governments to move faster on climate change mitigation efforts as the two-week COP31 climate summit began in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday. “No single COP is a silver bullet that can stop…
COP31 Opens in Antalya With a UN Push for Faster Climate Action
UN leaders urged governments to move faster on climate change mitigation efforts as the two-week COP31 climate summit began in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday.
“No single COP is a silver bullet that can stop climate change overnight. But every recent COP has made essential progress. COP31 in Antalya will, too, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said in prepared remarks ahead of the start of the summit.
Amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis and the heightened geopolitical uncertainty, leaders and businesses are meeting in Antalya to discuss common pledges to reduce emissions faster, especially by accelerating electrification and actions to slash methane emissions.
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