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UN chief urges world leaders to tackle fossil fuels at COP31

Headline via RFI · first report 11 Nov, 06:46 IST, latest 12 Nov, 11:31 IST

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4 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from RFI at 11 Nov, 06:46 IST; the latest is from NDTV at 12 Nov, 11:31 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs" at a climate summit missing several prominent figures.
"Fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs, but that won't happen on its own" said UN chief Antonio Guterres at the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
[RFI] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs" at a climate summit missing several prominent figures.
Since agreeing in 2023 for the first time to transition away from fossil fuels, nations have struggled to advance that goal at the annual UN conferences.

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