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Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says

The Guardian Environment Sunday 08 November 2026, 13:24 UTC By Adam Morton in Melbourne, and Fiona Harvey, Oliver Milman and Graham Readfearn in Antalya 1 min read
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High-stakes talks involving 190 countries begin on Monday as world grapples with El Niño supercharged by fossil fuelsThe Cop31 summit must produce progress, “a tangible outcome ... that people can see is real”, its host has said as scores of world leaders and representatives of close to 190 countries gather in Turkey for the UN climate talks. The high-stakes meeting begins on Monday, as countries around the world grapple with the strongest El Niño weather system on record, supercharged by...

High-stakes talks involving 190 countries begin on Monday as world grapples with El Niño supercharged by fossil fuels

The Cop31 summit must produce progress, “a tangible outcome ... that people can see is real”, its host has said as scores of world leaders and representatives of close to 190 countries gather in Turkey for the UN climate talks.

The high-stakes meeting begins on Monday, as countries around the world grapple with the strongest El Niño weather system on record, supercharged by fossil fuels, which is set to take hundreds of thousands of lives and cause damage costing trillions of dollars.

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