Leaders call for action at COP31 summit

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Leaders from member states of the COP31 climate conference are meeting in southern Turkey. They discussed the need to break away from dependence on fossil fuels amid surging fuel…

Leaders from member states of the COP31 climate conference are meeting in southern Turkey.

They discussed the need to break away from dependence on fossil fuels amid surging fuel prices due to the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

The conference is taking place in the city of Antalya. A summit-level meeting was held on Wednesday and Thursday.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the two conflicts have sent fuel prices and gas prices soaring for families and businesses across the world, and the common thread running through it all is the dependence on fossil fuels.

He added that Britain is committed to meeting its net zero target by 2050. He also expressed support for increasing the share of electricity in global energy use.

Feleti Teo, the prime minister of the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, said rising sea levels pose a risk of sinking most of his country's land.

Teo said, "Sea level rise is not a distant threat for Tuvaluans, it is a lived daily reality,"

He called for speeding up the reduction of methane, a gas that has a greater greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide.

COP31 is scheduled to hold a minister-level meeting next week to discuss drawing up an agreement.

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