00:00World leaders are gathering at COP31 in Turkey as negotiators seek to revive efforts to move away from fossil fuels
00:08and agree on a new global electrification target.
00:12Delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, with Turkey pushing for electricity to account
00:20for 35% of global energy consumption by 2035.
00:26This is up from just over one-fifth today.
00:31The proposal could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, industry and buildings, but does not require the additional electricity
00:39to come from clean energy sources.
00:41The debate comes as a UN report warns the world is on track to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius
00:48warming limit set under the Paris Agreement.
00:51UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged countries to set clear timelines for moving away from fossil fuels.
01:00Saying it is time to turn climate commitments into concrete action.
01:04The previous climate summit in Brazil failed to reach consensus on a global plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels,
01:12although its presidency has since published a roadmap to keep the issue on the negotiating agenda.
01:17The United States, the world's largest historical emitter, is skipping the talks for the second year in a row,
01:24after President Donald Trump withdrew the country from the Paris Agreement and called global warming a hoax.
01:31World leaders are expected to use their speeches to set out national priorities,
01:36as negotiators seek to turn climate pledges into concrete action.
01:40grading.
