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COP31 President-Designate Launches Global Electrification Target at UN Climate Meetings

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Bonn, June 9 (IANS) At the UN June Climate meetings in Bonn, Germany, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum on Tuesday launched a new global electrification target as a flagship initiative of the COP31 Presidency’s Action Agenda, calling for a major acceleration in the shift from direct fossil fuel use to clean electricity across buildings, transport and industry. This comes as part of a wider package of non-negotiated Action Agenda initiatives and targets announced by the COP31 President-Desi…