Cop 29: leaders speak after report finds climate pledges not kept – live updates

Global Carbon Budget report finds emissions from fossil fuels will rise to another record high this year

My colleague Damian Carrington has more from today’s leaders’ summit at Cop29 – and news that one of the few G7 world leaders to attend has missed their speaking slot.

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has missed her slot at the leaders summit part of Cop29. Meloni and the UK’s Keir Starmer are the only G7 leaders to attend.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, pledges to cut his nation’s carbon emissions by 80% by 2040, which sounds very impressive but is very unlikely to include the state’s substantial oil and gas production.