India, Nov. 17 -- The second week kicked off on November 17 with the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)'s high-level segment seeing world leaders and negotiating blocs delivering stark assessments of global climate progress, warning that without a decisive shift on finance, fossil fuel transition, and adaptation support, the 1.5degC limit will slip out of reach.

Speaking amid record climate disasters and tightening carbon budgets, ministers urged unity and honesty as they called for urgent acceleration of action to match what the science and global stocktake demand.

EU: "We must go faster - and go together"

Opening the plenary for the European Union (EU), Commiss...