DW: ‘not nearly fast enough’, Interfax: ‘technology neutrality’: COP31 opens in Antalya
The COP31 climate conference opened on 9 November in Antalya. Germany’s DW stresses the UN’s warning that progress is too slow, while Russia’s Interfax relays a Russian minister’s view that climate policy must reflect economics and that technologies should not be split into ‘good’ and ‘bad’.
What Western media report
Deutsche Welle (Germany) reports on the opening and on UN climate chief Simon Stiell’s warning that progress is ‘nowhere near fast enough’ and that the world must enter a ‘new era of implementation’. DW says delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting until 20 November, that Turkey and Australia share the presidency, and that UN projections point to 2.8 degrees of warming by the end of the century. It also quotes German environment minister Carsten Schneider calling for faster emissions cuts, and notes that national climate plans for 2035 are not enough to meet the 1.5-degree goal.
What media from these countries report: Russia
Interfax (Russia, a state-influenced outlet) publishes an interview with Russian economic development minister Maxim Reshetnikov on the Russian delegation’s positions. According to Interfax, Reshetnikov rejects the idea of a ‘vacuum’ after the US exit from the Paris Agreement and cites global clean-energy investment rising from about $1.7 trillion in 2023 to about $2.2 trillion in 2025. The minister says Russia advocates ‘technology neutrality’, including nuclear power and small modular reactors, and that climate policy must account for technology costs and supply reliability. These are the minister’s claims as relayed by Interfax.
Differences
- Focus: DW centres on urgency and faster emissions cuts; Interfax (Russia) centres on economic realities and differing national energy mixes.
- Sources: DW quotes officials from the UN, Turkey, Australia and Germany; the Interfax excerpt features a single interviewee, the Russian minister.
- Numbers: DW cites the 2.8-degree projection and the 1.5-degree goal; Interfax cites clean-energy investment figures ($1.7, 2 and 2.2 trillion).
- Technologies: in the available DW text nuclear power is not mentioned; Interfax presents it as an example of technology neutrality and notes its inclusion in the COP28 final document.
- Omissions: the Interfax excerpt does not mention Stiell’s warning or the 2.8-degree projection; DW does not mention Russia’s positions. Both texts are cut off at the end.
Where they agree
- Both outlets say COP31 began on 9 November in Antalya.
- Both refer to the Paris Agreement as the framework.
- Both speak of turning climate goals into concrete action: Stiell talks of ‘implementation’, Reshetnikov of solutions that work in the real economy.
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- COP31
- climate
- Antalya
- Paris Agreement
- Russia
- energy transition
Middle East
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