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UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in Antalya, Turkey, on Friday at the COP31 climate summit that the world must immediately and drastically cut fossil fuel emissions to avert the worst effects of climate change. He said "You cannot build peace on a burning planet," arguing that climate change feeds geopolitical instability through hunger, displacement, debt and competition for land and water. PBS NewsHour reported his remarks, which the Associated Press also covered, and the coverage did not specify particular targets or new commitments from member states. Guterres urged wealthier countries that have contributed most to climate change to deliver the finance they promised and contribute much more, saying even tripling adaptation finance would meet less than 30 percent of what is needed. He called the overshoot of the 1.5 degree Celsius goal set in the 2015 Paris Agreement "a recipe for catastrophe" and said progress requires cooperation from all nations, particularly the biggest emitters. A Climate Action Tracker report released Thursday found progress in slowing warming has essentially stalled for five years, and the United States skipped the summit for a second year after President Donald Trump withdrew from climate negotiations. Leaders of small island nations have pressed for a U.N. fund for vulnerable nations to be urgently strengthened.