RYAN BACHOO
Lead Editor - Newsgathering
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The UN Climate Change Conference has entered its fourth day in Antalya, Türkiye and many world leaders are still in town. While the first bit of text is expected tomorrow, new analysis might increase the urgency by which negotiators operate. Here are five things to know to start your day:
1) Negotiators continue to work on the text. We should have first sight of this some time on Friday. The AOSIS chair told Guardian Media on Thursday morning climate finance will be crucial for the bloc.
2) Prime minister of Palestine, Mohammed Mustafa, receives a standing ovation for his speech. He says despite Israel’s destruction of Gaza, Palestine remains committed to reaching its climate targets.
3) Vice-president of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, calls for much faster action, from cutting fossil fuels to electrifying the economy. “After 31 Cops we must judge success not by the agreements we reach but by whether countries can deliver on them,” he said.
4) Greta Thunberg tells a press conference, “We are heading towards the future of more genocides and more ecocides… The planet is not dying, it is being killed and we know by who.”
5) Following his interview with Guardian Media yesterday, The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis explains how the short termism of geopolitics is wrecking efforts to curb emissions.
Read Davis’ full comments in the T&T Guardian here:
Guardian Media's Ryan Bachoo and Seigonie Mohammed are on the ground covering COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
