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High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31

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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Australia news category. Published on November 9, 2026 • Originally reported by Graham Readfearn,Oliver Milman and Fiona Harvey in Antalya, Turkey. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.

Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrification

A global fossil fuel price crisis is “spreading inflation like a cancer” around the planet, the UN’s chief climate negotiator, Simon Stiell, told the opening plenary of critical UN climate talks in Turkey.

Stiell joined Cop31 hosts Turkey and Australia, which is leading the negotiations, in promoting renewable energy and a new electrification goal as an optimistic alternative to a planet still tied to oil, coal and gas.

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