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The world needs "cool heads" to prevail and leaders to come together, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told the Hürriyet Daily News ahead of his arrival in the Turkish city of Antalya on Nov. 14 to attend the Group of 20 Summit.

The U.N. chief said he was looking forward to discussing the matter with leaders at the G-20.

G-20 governments are handing out approximately $452 billion a year to prop up the production of fossil fuels - despite pledges to phase out subsidies and prevent catastrophic climate change.

A new report by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International has for the first time gathered detailed information on G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production. 

The International Monetary Fund said Nov. 12 that the US Federal Reserve should delay raising interest rates until there are clear signs of a pickup in inflation.

Turkey will host the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean city of Antalya on Nov. 15-16 at a time when the entire neighborhood is hit by political and economic crises.

Antalya Mayor Menderes Türel has said people wearing t-shirts and jeans instead of a suit and tie would not be granted admittance to the Antalya International Film Festival this year, in an attempt to uphold the prestige of the event.

United States President Barack Obama held phone conversations with top Turkish officials late Nov. 9 to discuss the agenda of the upcoming G-20 Summit that will be held in Turkey and to exchange views on recent developments in Syria. 

The inspection visit by Gen. Hulusi Akar, the Chief of Turkish General Staff, to Incirlik and Diyarbak?r on Nov.

The agenda of the discussion during the opening dinner of the 10th G-20 summit on Nov. 15 in Turkey's Mediterranean city of Antalya is set to focus on the Syria crisis and the ongoing migration problem.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an discussed climate change in a video-conference call on Nov. 6, according to the world body.

The call focused on how to achieve a successful outcome at next month's climate change conference in Paris, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.

Turkish police on Nov. 7 detained seven foreign nationals in southern Turkey on suspicion of planning to head to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), state media said.