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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein,Melina Walling and Anton L. Delgado

UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results

Climate COP30 - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for countries at climate talks in Brazil to compromise and “show willingness and flexibility to deliver results,” even if they fall short of the strongest measures some nations want.

“We are down to the wire and the world is watching Belem,” Guterres said, asking negotiators to engage in good faith in the last two scheduled days of talks, which already missed a self-imposed deadline Wednesday for progress on a few key issues. The conference, with this year's edition known as COP30, frequently runs longer than its scheduled two weeks.

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