UN climate summit prepares to host world leaders from more than 90 countries tomorrow

Good morning from Turkey and welcome to the second day of Cop31, the UN gathering that is taking place, again, to help prod indolent countries clear of catastrophic planetary heating.

A lot of angst was vented on the first day of the summit over whether this goal is being achieved, and even if Cop is the best forum in which to achieve it. Perhaps sensing the fractured, distracted geopolitical mood, Chris Bowen, Australia’s climate minister and Cop negotiations chief, plaintively urged countries to “show the world that multilateralism works. Let’s show the world we are equal to the challenge.”