Departing UN chief calls this ‘a moment of truth’ in fight to curb global warming
Guterres said richer nations must cut emissions faster and fund climate losses as scientists warn the 1.5C limit is likely to be exceeded.
- 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 on ‘path to destruction’ at COP31
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP31 summit in Turkey on Wednesday that the slow international response to climate change so far had placed the world on a path to destruction. Governments must fight harder to preserve the planet for future generations, he said, in comments that set the tone for two […]
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World leaders begin talks at UN climate conference amid concerns that actions are inadequate, slow
World leaders began to arrive to start formal discussions Wednesday at the United Nations climate change conference in Turkey.
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World leaders begin talks at U.N. climate conference amid concerns
But what will be accomplished at the Conference of the Parties, called COP31, remains to be seen.
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