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31st UN climate conference starts - Guterres calls for more action
The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Antalya, Turkey. For two weeks, representatives from almost 200 countries will discuss measures to combat global warming. UN Secretary General Guterres
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Guterres before the start of COP31 “Everyone must do more - now” As of: November 9th, 2026 • 4:59 a.m
The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Antalya, Turkey. For two weeks, representatives from almost 200 countries will discuss measures to combat global warming. UN Secretary General Guterres points out the urgency.
COP31, the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, begins today in Turkey. Tens of thousands of delegates, observers and media representatives are expected to attend the two-week meeting. The COP president is Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum. The German delegation is led by Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider (SPD).
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With unprecedented forest fires in Europe, deadly heat and drought, flash floods in Nepal and China, the climate crisis has been more threatening this year than ever before. COP31 is about putting a stop to the crisis.
The Paris Climate Agreement has been in force for ten years. In it, around 200 countries agreed to stop global warming at 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial times. However, the current UN forecast says that with current climate policy the world is heading for 2.8 degrees by the end of the century.
tagesschau in 100 seconds tagesschau in 100 seconds, November 9th, 2026 • 4:43 a.m. Warning from Guterres - Turkey's proposal UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres therefore called on governments in the run-up to COP31 to do more against global warming. You can no longer get lost in endless discussions. “Everyone needs to do more – now,” he told the AP news agency.
Turkey had proposed setting a new global target for electrification: by 2035, the share of electrical energy in final consumption should increase from 20 to 35 percent. Electrification is intended to replace fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal with electricity. Germany supported this initiative.
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