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‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31

As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record breaking heat, devastating floods and an unprecedented El Niño climate pattern are making global climate action ever more urgent.
Susan Wright
Susan Wright
‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31
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As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record breaking heat, devastating floods and an unprecedented El Niño climate pattern are making global climate action ever more urgent.

Ahead of the summit, leaders gathered for a pre-conference in the South Pacific to prepare for the intense negotiations to come and set the agenda. 

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