Climate crisis is 'outrunning us', UN chief warns COP31

In brief

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Valerie VolcoviciANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP31 summit in Turkey on Wednesday that the slow international response to climate change so far had placed the world on a path to destruction.Governments must fight harder to preserve the planet for future generations, he said, in comments that set the tone for two days of…

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