“Climate crisis is outrunning world: UN's Guterres”

Key points

• Guterres told world leaders at COP31 that slow responses threaten destruction.
• He warned emissions, temperatures and climate disasters are rising.
• Negotiators seek to boost electricity share and phase out fossil fuels.
• 2026 saw extreme heatwaves in Europe and a Nepal glacier collapse flood.
• Host Turkey pushes for electrification targets, but no full fossil fuel phaseout language.