Antalya, Turkey: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted the country is playing its part as a climate action leader as the head of the United Nations pressures Australia and COP hosts Turkey to push a more ambitious agenda on fossil fuels at this year’s climate conference.

Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders that “fossil fuels must go the way of the dinosaurs”.

Anthony Albanese speaks at the COP31 UN Climate Summit in Turkey.AP

Guterres’ comments came as COP31 president Turkish Climate Minister Murat Kurum and Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who is presiding over negotiations, called on more than 190 nations to rapidly ramp up electrification rather than focus on fossil fuels, in the hopes of sidestepping a bitter fight at this year’s conference.

Albanese addressed the opening ceremony of the COP leaders summit minutes afterwards, declaring it “an historic moment for my country”.

Source: The Age · Emily Kaine

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