Cop31 leaders urge world to accelerate fight against global warming

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Leaders opening the COP31 climate summit in Turkey called for faster action against global warming, warning that rising temperatures and climate-related disasters threaten lives and the global economy. The appeal comes as governments face competing pressures from war, inflation, and uncertainty surrounding AI.

Leaders of ⁠the Cop31 climate summit urged the world to accelerate the fight against global warming as rising temperatures and an increasing number of climate-driven disasters threaten lives and the global economy, as the annual meeting began in Turkey on Monday. The comments at the start of the two-week UN conference were an appeal to governments to focus on climate, even as other international crises from war to soaring inflation and the uncertainty of AI compete for their attention. “The...