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Cop31 live: World leaders to speak at climate crisis summit

The Guardian Environment Wednesday 11 November 2026, 08:53 UTC By Ajit Niranjan 1 min read
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Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absentThe extreme wildfires of 2025 were made three times more likely due to human-caused climate breakdown, according to leading scientists. The State of Wildfires report shows how across Canada, Chile and Mediterranean Europe, human influence and a rapidly changing climate are making the most severe wildfires more frequent, intense, costly and deadly.

Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absent

The extreme wildfires of 2025 were made three times more likely due to human-caused climate breakdown, according to leading scientists.

The State of Wildfires report shows how across Canada, Chile and Mediterranean Europe, human influence and a rapidly changing climate are making the most severe wildfires more frequent, intense, costly and deadly.

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