Ivory Coast's Minister for the Environment and Ecological Transition, Abou Bamba speaks during an interview with AFP within the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya on November 13, 2026. The European Union vowed Friday to "fight" for science at the UN climate summit after accusing some countries of seeking to undermine the world's leading authority on global warming. A long-running dispute over when to publish the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) next major reports is spilling into the COP31 talks in Turkey, threatening to complicate negotiations toward a final deal. "We would like to have the report as soon as possible, and as detailed as possible," Abou Bamba, environment minister of Ivory Coast, told AFP. (Photo by Martin POLLARD / AFP via Getty Images)