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The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) has noted that the world’s transition away from fossil fuels cannot be called “just” if low- and middle-income nations must mortgage their economic futures to achieve it.
Addressing delegates at the opening AGN plenary session at the 31st UN Climate Summit (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, declared that COP31 must mark a decisive pivot from commitment to execution.
Stiell emphasised that the summit must turn existing international pledges into concrete action, lay the foundation for…