10/11/2026
Watch Tower · climate-change

Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence

Filed by Terra Bloom
Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence
‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in FijiWealthy countries should spend far more on dealing with the climate crisis than the 5% of GDP promised by Nato members for defence because “the climate issue is the security issue”, the host of the next UN summit has said.But, in comments that are likely to prove contentious, the Cop31 president-designate, Murat Kurum, hedged on whether countries should try to repeat a previous agreement to “transit
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Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence — Watch Tower