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COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber urges nations to step out of their "comfort zones and find common ground to deliver a high ambition and balanced outcome." SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is racing toward a climate change disaster and dismissed the global response as woefully inadequate. He says current climate policies are taking the world to a 2.8-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. "That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful," Guterres tells a news conference. SOUNDBITE
Speaking in a video message to world leaders after ill health prevented her from travelling to the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth II says that 'when nations come together in common cause, there is always room for hope.' IMAGES
During a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) ahead of the COP26 climate conference, US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry emphasises the importance of accelerating efforts to combat climate change 'now', highlighting that 'mathematics and physics' and not 'ideology' should be driving the push. SOUNDBITE
Extinction Rebellion stage protest in Carbis Bay, Cornwall urging for G7 action on climate change. IMAGES
Protesters, including many young people, march through the streets of The Hague to demand that the Dutch government and other world leaders take more action against global warming. IMAGES
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