UN chief urges Cop31 hosts Turkey and Australia to turn fossil fuel promises into action
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Key context: <p>António Guterres calls for ‘clear next steps’ as countries face pressure to agree concrete measures</p><p>Turkey and Australia, the co-hosts of crucial climate talks, must urgently move from discussing the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/09/high-fossil-fuel-prices-spread-inflation-like-cancer-cop31egotiator-tells-cop31">end of fossil fuels</a> to delivering it, the UN chief has said.</p><p>“It is long past time to stop treating the transition away from fossil fuels as taboo or intractable,” António Guterres said, in a dramatic intervention on the second day of the conference on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/10/un-antonio-guterres-cop31-fossil-fuels-turkey-australia">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
António Guterres calls for ‘clear next steps’ as countries face pressure to agree concrete measuresTurkey and Australia, the co-hosts of crucial climate talks, must urgently move from discussing the end of fossil fuels to delivering it, the UN chief has said.“It is long past time to stop treating the transition away from fossil fuels as taboo or intractable,” António Guterres said, in a dramatic intervention on the second day of the conference on Tuesday. Continue reading...
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