Guterres vows to keep telling climate truth in final Cop31 address

Outgoing UN Secretary General António Guterres delivered his final opening address at the Cop31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, vowing to continue speaking truthfully about climate change after his retirement next month. Guterres, attending his last summit before stepping down, promised world leaders he would remain an advocate and ally, drawing applause for his criticism of the fossil fuel industry. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his speech to condemn Israel's actions in Gaza as both genocide and ecocide. Many world leaders were absent from the summit, including G7 members and most European heads of state, with several attending an EU event in Dublin instead. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, who withdrew the US from climate commitments, were also not present.