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UN Chief Urges World Leaders to Tackle Fossil Fuels at COP31
Guterres said fossil fuel companies should help pay for climate damage as he warned that emissions and profits keep rising.
- On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, urging world leaders to "end the fossil fuel addiction" and tax oil companies' windfall profits.
- Several prominent figures are absent from the summit, with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham the only G7 leader scheduled to address it; French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are skipping.
- "Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs," Guterres said, noting the energy industry possesses a powerful lobby that blocks necessary climate action unlike prehistoric creatures.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are scheduled to speak during the high-level segment on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Expectations for the conference remain low as nations grapple with an oil price shock and geopolitical tensions fueled by the United States' conflict with Iran and Russia's war in Ukraine.
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António Guterres wants fossil fuels to become of the past, "like dinosaurs," he demonstrated at COP31 in Turkey.
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ANTALYA, Turkey — World leaders called for urgent and decisive action on global warming Wednesday as formal talks began at the United Nations climate...
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