US absence and wars cast dark clouds over international climate talks

COP31’s goal is very ambitious: electrify more than a third of the global economy by 2035. It stands at round a fifth today – in other words, huge…

COP31’s goal is very ambitious: electrify more than a third of the global economy by 2035. It stands at round a fifth today – in other words, huge progress would be needed in the next decade. There is no room for optimism that COP 31 will produce a breakthrough where previous meetings failed.