- Climate activist Greta Thunberg criticized wealthy governments at the UN Cop31 summit in Turkey, declaring that the planet is being killed by those expected to rescue it.
- Leaders from vulnerable nations, including Mali, Seychelles, and Palau, demanded immediate global action, warning that climate change poses an existential threat to their survival.
- “Our planet is sick; it is very sick. It needs a remedy. We need to act in a decisive manner to preserve the planet and spare future generations. We must act today to save the planet, as tomorrow will already be too late,” Mali Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga pleaded.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham described climate change as a national security issue, though environmental campaigners urged him to back his words with stronger deeds.
- A new report from the Climate Action Tracker initiative warned that climate progress has stalled for five straight years, putting the planet on course for 2.7C of warming by 2100. Activists at the summit called on co-host nation Turkey to end oil shipments to Israel and criticized host countries for using the summit to whitewash their climate records.
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