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Why are so many leaders skipping the climate summit?
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The talks are in Antalya, Turkey. France says Macron is absent for the Armistice commemorations and a summit in Dublin. El Periódico reports Merz and Meloni are prioritising European meetings there. Donald Trump is staying away for a second year, citing his rejection of international climate debates.
Antalya and Dublin
A UN document lists 77 speakers: heads of state and government, or their representatives. Burnham is the only Group of Seven leader on that list.
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Chiara Martinelli of Climate Action Network Europe put it this way: I am afraid that Ursula von der Leyen will be lonely on the stage while the leaders of the biggest EU economies are a no-show.
“I am afraid that Ursula von der Leyen will be lonely on the stage while the leaders of the biggest EU economies are a no-show.”
The leaders who did come heard Guterres say fossil fuels must go. He said: An accelerated transition away from fossil fuels is essential to limit overshooting the 1.5°C threshold of global warming.
“An accelerated transition away from fossil fuels is essential to limit overshooting the 1.5°C threshold of global warming.”
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