The UN’s top ​climate official urged negotiators at the COP31 conference in Turkey on Saturday to move swiftly towards ‌a deal and “avoid tactical delays” as the summit heads into its second and final week.

The annual UN climate conference faces new challenges this year as a slew of crises from war to inflation push global warming down the list of priorities for ​world governments.

“Each country has a view. Every country has a voice. Getting agreement on every word, ​every sentence is tough but vital work,” Simon Stiell told the summit. “There is no collective success without compromise from every party.”

“As we head into the second week, I urge parties to move ​swiftly to the hardest issues and to avoid tactical delays.”

Big fossil fuel producers and consumers at the talks ​are resisting any deal that would specify firm new targets or a shift away from oil, gas and coal, observers said, posing a challenge for summit host Turkey and lead negotiator Australia to land the kind of ambitious agreement climate advocates say is ​needed to address global warming.

A UN report last month found the world is already on course to exceed ​the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold, a limit scientists say should prevent the worst effects of climate change.

Turkey’s Electrification Plan

COP31 host Turkey is striving to place a proposal to expand global electrification at the centre of an eventual deal, saying the plan will lead to faster emissions cuts by speeding the shift away from fossil fuel-powered cars, boilers, furnaces and other equipment.

The proposal does not require the increased electricity use to come from renewable sources, ​however, disappointing observers and ​delegations that want countries to ⁠more clearly map out their transition away from fossil fuels.

Major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia have traditionally resisted language constraining fossil fuels, while large ​developing economies such as India have opposed measures they say could limit their ​development and energy choices, a dynamic that has compromised the outcomes of past deals.

The world’s biggest oil consumer, the United States, meanwhile, has skipped the talks for the second year in a row under President Donald Trump, who has called global warming a hoax ​and promoted continued use of fossil fuels.

Asked how he viewed the ​progress in talks so far, Stiell said: “All I can say at this stage is engagement has been constructive. We know where those ​natural tensions lie.”