Published Nov 12, 2026, 6:01 PM ET · Updated 2 hours ago · 2 sources
Climate-vulnerable nations urge immediate action at UN Cop31 summit
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Urgent action is needed to help countries hardest-hit by the effects of climate change, small island leaders said on Thursday at the United Nations climate talks in Turkey, describing global warming as a life-or-death issue for their people. “It is time to move past the talking,” said Alix Sebastien Pillay, vice-president of Seychelles, who said the survival of his country, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, is at stake. “For Seychelles, climate action is not simply an environmental..