France, Nov. 11 -- The two-week conference kicked off earlier this week in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, with governments under pressure to tackle the climate crisis after a year of heatwaves in Europe, deadly floods in Nepal and major wildfires in Indonesia.

Dozens of leaders will speak during the "high-level segment" taking place on Wednesday and Thursday, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian.

But some big names are missing - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is the only leader from a G7 country scheduled to address the summit.

While European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is attending, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chan...