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Tagesschau: ‘2.8 degrees’, Interfax: ‘50 events’ at Russia’s pavilion at COP31

09.11.2026. 05:19 · Processed with AI

The 31st UN climate conference (COP31) has opened in Antalya. Germany’s Tagesschau stresses climate urgency and Guterres’s appeal, while Russia’s Interfax reports on the Russian delegation and its pavilion programme.

What Western media report

According to Tagesschau (Germany), nearly 200 countries will spend two weeks discussing measures against global warming, with tens of thousands of delegates, observers and journalists expected. It cites the UN projection of 2.8 degrees by the end of the century under current policies, versus the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree goal. It quotes Guterres (“Everyone must do more – and right now”) and reports a Turkish proposal for a new electrification target (from 20 to 35 percent of final consumption by 2035), which Germany backs.

What media from these countries report: Russia

According to Interfax (Russia, a state-controlled or state-influenced outlet), the 16-member Russian delegation is led by presidential aide and special climate representative Ruslan Edelgeriev. Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov and two other officials are deputy heads, and five deputy ministers are named. Interfax describes a Russian pavilion with about 50 events in 11 thematic blocks and lists companies whose representatives are expected, including Gazprom, Lukoil, Novatek, Rusal, Rosatom and Sberbank.

Differences

  • Tagesschau focuses on the climate crisis (fires, heat, floods, the 2.8-degree projection) and Guterres’s appeal; Interfax says nothing about the state of the climate.
  • Interfax details the make-up of the Russian delegation (16 people) and corporate participants in the pavilion; Tagesschau mentions only the German delegation under Minister Carsten Schneider.
  • Tagesschau reports the Turkish electrification proposal and German support; Interfax does not mention it.
  • Tagesschau names Murat Kurum as COP president; Interfax does not.

Where they agree

  • Both outlets report that COP31 has begun in Antalya, Turkey.
  • Both concentrate on their own country’s participation (Germany and Russia respectively) alongside a general description of the conference.

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