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King Charles urges rapid and genuine climate action at Cop summit

Britain's King Charles speaks during an opening ceremony at the Cop28 summit in Dubai on Friday, 1 December, 2023. AP - Rafiq Maqbool

World leaders have arrived in Dubai for UN Cop28 climate talks where the future of fossil fuels will be at the heart of negotiations. In his opening speech, King Charles III said the talks represented a "critical turning point" in the fight against climate change.

"I pray with all my heart that Cop28 will be another critical turning point towards genuine transformational action," King Charles told assembled leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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