Climate COP31 Turkey

World leaders have opened formal discussions at the United Nations climate change conference in Turkey. The discussions Wednesday are aimed at finding agreement on concrete actions to curb global warming after a year of deadly floods, heat waves and other climate-related disasters. What will be accomplished at the Conference of the Parties, called COP31, remains to be seen. Many heads of the world’s largest polluting nations including the United States, China and India skipped the leaders’ summit. As a result, a handful of nations and United Nations officials were left to urge action on climate change. A new report warns the gap between countries’ promises and real emissions cuts is widening.