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Climate summit chief urges wartime urgency on emissions
Original: The head of November's annual global climate change conference says countries must show the same urgency on action to cu
The head of November's annual UN climate change conference, COP30, says countries must treat cutting emissions and strengthening resilience to extreme weather with the same urgency they apply to defense spending. The comments come as governments face mounting pressure to accelerate climate action ahead of the summit, with extreme weather events intensifying worldwide and diplomatic attention increasingly divided between security crises and environmental commitments.
Why now: Leaders are framing climate action as a security-level priority ahead of the November climate summit.
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