Scientists are warning that 2026 could be the hottest year on record, as world leaders gather for the start of the latest United Nations (UN) climate summit Cop31.
The joint hosts Turkiye and Australia, say this year’s talks aimed to deliver on a past pledge to give $300 billion a year in climate aid- for poorer nations by 2035 and a separate promise to help them cope with the extreme weather climate change is already bringing.
United States President Donald Trump, pulling the country out of the UN climate process altogether, and many richer countries diverting aid to defence and easing soaring energy bills, progress at this year’s talks will be even tougher than usual.
Turkiye and Australia, the co-hosts, hope that getting countries to commit to a new goal to speed up the switch of cars, homes, and industry from fossil fuels to clean electricity, will ensure that there’s something to show at the end.
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