Japan and eight other countries receive climate award over leaders’ absence
The Climate Action Network warned that leaders skipping the U.N. talks in Turkey could slow negotiations and push climate measures down the agenda.
Japan and eight other countries received the Fossil of the Day award from the Climate Action Network over their leaders’ absence from U.N. climate negotiations in Antalya, Turkey. The international nongovernmental environmental group cited the absences in awarding the distinction for inadequate climate action.
The network warned that leaders’ failure to attend could hold up negotiations and raised concerns that action on climate change would become a lower priority.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is missing the two-day leaders’ meeting because of scheduling reasons. It is the third consecutive year without a Japanese prime minister attending the summit.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to be the only leader from the Group of Seven to attend. The environmental group will continue presenting its fossil award each day until the conference concludes on Nov. 20.
