World urged to tackle fossil fuels but big names skip COP31

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels “must go the way of the dinosaurs” at a climate summit missing several prominent figures. The two-week COP31 talks kicked off in Turkiye this week with governments under pressure to tackle climate change after a year of searing heatwaves and wildfires in Europe, and deadly floods in Nepal. “The brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us,” Guterres told dozens

Source: Dawn