'Failure is not an option': Antonio Guterres urges COP29 negotiators to 'soften hard lines' and deliver historic climate finance deal

James Murray
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UN Secretary-General urges exhausted diplomats to find common ground, warning failure to reach deal would jeopardise climate action

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has this afternoon called on governments to "navigate a path" through their differences and deliver an ambitious new climate finance package that accelerates global...

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