Here's your AnewZ COP31 Daily Brief for the 12th of November. During the third day of COP31, there were calls to move away from fossil fuels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's climate warning, the environmental cost of war, Europe's scorching summer, and growing demands for climate funding.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries at the UN's climate change summit, COP31, in Antalya, Türkiye, to accelerate efforts to cut emissions and phase out fossil fuels, taking aim at the industry's lobbying power.
“The case for fossil fuels is collapsing,” he said. “Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs. And that won’t happen on its own. The dinosaurs did not have a lobby. Fossil fuels do.”
Calling for urgent action, Guterres added, “It’s time to kick the habit – and end the fossil-fuel addiction.” He summed up his warning with the phrase, “It’s make or bake time.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used his COP31 address to highlight the environmental consequences of the war involving the United States and Israel, warning that the damage could last long after the fighting ends.
“The environment is the silent victim of wars … the destructive impacts will remain after the conflict has ended.”
“Let us keep in mind that the planet is not an inheritance of a single nation … peace is a prerequisite of environmental protection,” he said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that excessive consumption and greed are driving what he called the “deepest existential crisis” in human history.
“As humanity we only have one roof over our home, namely the sky, as humanity we only have one garden, namely the Earth,” he said.
Erdoğan also warned that despite progress at UN climate talks, countries have fallen short on implementation.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that global attention is shifting away from climate action towards geopolitical tensions, weapons and trade disputes.
“We started talking more about weapons and tariffs than the survival of future generations,” he said.
Lula also called for stronger international cooperation and national plans to phase out fossil fuels and end deforestation.
“Brazil is back to defend the continuity of a healthy planet,” he concluded.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described 2026 as a “summer of truth,” pointing to extreme heat across Europe and rising energy prices following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
“We are on course to overshoot the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and every fraction of a degree matters. We must double down, and Europe will play its part.”
Von der Leyen also said the European Union was on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target, although a recent European Environment Agency report suggested projected cuts could fall slightly short of the required 55 per cent.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a stark warning at this year's COP31 summit, saying the climate crisis iss advancing faster than governments' efforts to contain it.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 11 November. Today, we cover Russia-Ukraine peace talks, political tensions in Washington, strikes in Spain, espionage allegations involving Nvidia's CEO, and climate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye.
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner said Washington believes the Russian President is prepared to reach a peace agreement under the right conditions, as U.S., Russian and Ukrainian delegations began trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 10 November.
Armenia could lose its voting rights within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on 11 November after failing to pay membership fees for more than two years, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Barcelona as tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain for the country’s first general strike in 14 years, demanding action on rising living costs and the housing crisis.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone attacks targeting their capitals early on Thursday, as U.S. envoys prepared to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow following two days of peace talks that ended without a breakthrough on major issues.
Investigators found a sticky note bearing the names and mobile phone numbers of four left-wing public figures while searching the home of the suspect in last month’s deadly shooting near Paris, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecution office (PNAT) said on Wednesday.
The United States and China should have “no illusions” about their differences on artificial intelligence, even as they work together to manage the technology’s risks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.
Pope Leo arrived in Peru on Wednesday for an emotional homecoming, the first Peruvian citizen to lead the Catholic Church, after wrapping up a visit to Argentina that drew a record six million people over three days.
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