World leaders at COP31 in Türkiye must stop backing the fossil fuel industry and start delivering the rapid, equitable phase-out that science, human rights and international law demand, Amnesty International said today.

“The world is not running out of climate warnings. It is running out of excuses. After more than 30 years of climate negotiations, governments can no longer hide behind promises of future action or avoid confronting their fossil fuel industry allies. The climate crisis is not a failure of knowledge, but a failure of political courage. It is time to break the stranglehold of corporate power over political decision-making and end the fossil fuel era before it ends us,” said Marta Schaaf, Programme Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International.

The climate crisis is not a failure of knowledge, but a failure of political courage.

Marta Schaaf, Programme Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International

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