Erdogan: Climate change is one of the 'deepest existential crises' in humanity's history

Live Blog Update| Israeli Elections 11 November 2026 11:53 GMT Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the Cop31 summit that climate change is "one of the deepest existential crises" in humanity's history. "I want to say this very clearly: we have no other sky, no other Earth, no other seas, oceans or forests," Erdogan said in a speech on Wednesday at the opening of the leaders' summit at the UN conference, which is being held in Turkey. "Yet today, driven in part by the greed of excessive consumption, humanity is experiencing perhaps one of the deepest existential crises in its history," Turkey's president said. Turkish President Erdogan:As humanity, our home has only one roof, and that is the sky. As humanity, our home has only one garden, and that is the Earth.I want to say this very clearly: We have no other sky, no other Earth, no other seas, oceans, or forests.Yet today,… pic.twitter.com/iEr7VxX5p2— Clash Report (@clashreport) November 11, 2026