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G7 must lead way on tackling global warming – UN climate chief

TURIN, Italy: UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday told G7 countries it was 'utter nonsense' to claim they could not take bolder actions to tackle global warming.

The G7 is holding its first big political meeting on climate since the UN's annual negotiations in Dubai in November.

Dead This photograph taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows the remains of a dead tree affected by soil salinization at a beach in the coastal village of Satabhaya in Kendrapada district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha. Rising global temperatures driven by human activity have led to a consequent rise in global sea levels, with the melting of polar ice caps. Odisha, where millions of people live in coastal settlements along the Bay of Bengal, is particularly vulnerable to the encroaching waters. AFP PHOTO