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Africa: UN Chief Urges World Leaders to Tackle Fossil Fuels At COP31

Verified: 6 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 1 of them from Turkey.

📍 Africa, ZZ·🕐 1h ago·6 outlets

[RFI] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs" at a climate summit missing several prominent figures.

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The story so far · 5 reports · · 3 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 2:07 PM UTC

1 outlet from Turkey, where the story is: Turkish Minute · how we count

  1. Nov 11, 11:02 AM UTCFirst report
    UN chief urges world leaders to tackle fossil fuels at COP31turkishminute.com ↗
  2. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 2:07 PM UTC · +3 h
  3. Nov 11, 7:04 PM UTC+8 h
    World urged to tackle fossil fuels but big names skip COP31dawn.com ↗
  4. Nov 11, 9:21 PM UTC+10 h
    UN chief urges world leaders to tackle fossil fuels at COP31irishsun.com ↗
  5. Nov 12, 5:16 AM UTC+18 h
    UN chief urges world leaders to tackle fossil fuels at COP31brazilsun.com ↗
  6. Nov 12, 5:16 AM UTC+18 h· you’re reading this
    Africa: UN Chief Urges World Leaders to Tackle Fossil Fuels At COP31allafrica.com ↗
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Guterres speech at COP31 urging an end to fossil fuel reliance, with consistent details about the Wednesday address and the sparse leader attendance.

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