Departing UN chief calls this ‘a moment of truth’ in fight to curb global warming
- Nearly 200 countries will gather in Antalya, Turkey, from Nov. 9 to 20 for COP31, the annual United Nations climate change conference, focused on turning existing commitments into concrete action.
- The United Nations Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report 2025 highlights the challenge: annual emissions must decline by 55% to stay on the 1.5°C pathway, yet countries remain far from the Paris Agreement goal.
- Secretary-General Guterres warned leaders that the "moment of truth" has arrived, urging nations to take the existential threat seriously as his second and final term expires at year's end.
- Few countries have submitted 2035 climate targets; only 22 nations provided commitments by June 19, 2025, leaving a large share of worldwide emissions without updated plans, the Climate Action Tracker found.
- Relying on fossil fuels is a fundamental security problem given war-related energy shocks, Guterres said, warning the world is very likely to exceed the 1.5°C threshold within the next decade.
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UN chief warns world leaders: Moment of truth
UNITED NATIONS — As United Nations talks kick off in Turkey on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres has an urgent message for world leaders: “This is a moment of truth.”He’s delivered variations of this ominous warning about change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels like oil and gas, in the past decade, often with increasingly hyperbolic language. Three years ago, he even said, “the era of global boiling has arrived,” referring to risi…
António Guterres sends an urgent message to world leaders at a meeting in Turkey.
COP31 Litmus Test for International Cooperation
As the world heads toward COP31 Türkiye starting this week, I’ve been reflecting on how I think COP31 could prove to be a more revealing “Transition COP”. Let us remember that the Paris Agreement came from a series of “institutional heartbeat” COPs – NOT from annual blockbuster headlines. Every five years, countries face a “moment […]
In an interview with the Associated Press, António Guterres returned to his ten-year term as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The work to slow down climate change is progressing slowly. In two weeks, the world's countries will meet at COP31 to develop a plan for the future of the planet. As always, the issue of money is high on the agenda.
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AlKhaleej TodayCOP31 is coming to Turkey, and so are questions about its climate record
ISTANBUL, Nov 8 — As the COP31 climate summit approaches, host nation Turkey is putting electrification front and centre, touting its renewables boom while pushing its Zero Waste...
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