COP31 Summit Climate Warnings Grow as World Leaders Feel the Heat

Leaders from Australia and Ethiopia stressed the need to help developing nations adapt to climate change. Turkey is hosting the event as Australia leads negotiations amid fears the world is not moving fast enough.

Wealthier nations must support Pacific island states already significantly harmed by climate change, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “We need to share the opportunities that climate action creates with the people that need the most to adapt and thrive, the most vulnerable countries need capital. “We have got to make sure they get it,” Albanese said.

Many of the world’s island nations are banding together to be heard more clearly on climate change. Their cries are a conscience to a warming globe, begging to stop carbon pollution before it’s too late.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said something similar, adding that Ethiopia and other countries need financing that is accessible and equitable. High borrowing costs constrain countries’ ability to invest in resilience. “To bring them down is a test of all our credibility, he added.

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