World leaders urge stronger, faster action at UN climate talks over inadequate response
ANTALYA, Turkey — World leaders called for urgent and decisive action on global warming Wednesday as formal talks began at the United Nations climate conference in Turkey, saying the crisis is disproportionately harming some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. “You might as well bomb us. That might have been easier than watching climate change tear apart our homes piece by piece,” said…
World leaders gathered in Turkey on Wednesday for the commencement of the United Nations climate conference, urging immediate and decisive measures to combat global warming. They emphasized that the crisis disproportionately affects some of the world's most vulnerable countries, likening the struggle to a futile act of bombing. President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau, an island nation, stated, "We are at war with a crisis we did not create.
A war no peace treaty can end, only urgent action can." The annual summit follows a year marked by devastating floods, heatwaves, and other natural disasters. Leaders highlighted that geopolitical conflicts have diverted attention away from climate change. The world's three largest emitters of carbon dioxide—China, the United States, and India—did not participate in the summit.
Their absence left a small group of national leaders and U.N. officials to advocate for action, as a new report warned of an increasing disparity between countries' climate pledges.
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