UN climate summit opens in Turkey with electrification push to meet Paris goals

The UN's COP31 climate summit begins Monday in Antalya, Turkey, with leaders hoping a global wave of electrification can help achieve the Paris Agreement goals. Running until November 20, the conference is formally led by Australia's climate minister Chris Bowen. Nearly 200 delegations are attending, though the US, which left the Paris Agreement, is absent. Finland's President Alexander Stubb will attend the leaders' summit on November 11. The main theme is electrifying global economies, with the IEA recommending electricity reach 35 percent of energy use by 2035, up from 23 percent today. Hosts Turkey and Australia face criticism from environmental groups over their own fossil fuel reliance.