Climate04 November, 20263 min read
MapCOP31 Convenes In Antalya To Turn Fossil-Fuel Commitments Into Action
“350.org is urging governments to focus on four priorities at COP31:”
“This is the first COP to be staring an almost certain overshoot of the 1.5C warming limit”
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COP31 convenes in Antalya from 9 to 20 November 2026 for two weeks of negotiations. Leaders’ speeches, panel discussions and initiative launches mark the summit’s activities over the fortnight.
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COP31 in Antalya
COP31 is convening in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026, with the UN Climate Change Conference 2026 described as the thirty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 31), the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 21), and the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 8). 350.org’s media pack for COP31 in Antalya says the summit will focus on turning climate commitments into action by securing credible national roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels, advancing electrification powered by renewable energy, and pushing for climate finance for a fair and equitable transition. Murat Kurum of Türkiye serves as COP31 President-designate while Australia’s climate minister Chris Bowen will be President of the Negotiations.
350.org says its team in Türkiye and partners from frontline communities worldwide will be in Antalya to bridge negotiations with people’s lived realities, including worsening climate impacts, the escalating cost of living, and the urgent need for equitable energy access. 350.org also lists COP31 as taking place from 9–20 November 2026 and provides media contacts including Kim Bryan and Ilang-Ilang Quijano for on ground coverage from November 9–15 and November 14–22.
Overshoot, electrification, and disputes
Climate Home News describes COP31 as the first COP “to be staring an almost certain overshoot of the 1.5C warming limit” while governments squabble over when the next UN science reports should be delivered. Climate Home News says the geopolitical mood ahead of the annual talks, from November 9-20, has been sweetened by Lula’s surprise re-election in Brazil and American voters delivering a thumbs down to climate change-sceptic Donald Trump in the US midterms this week. COP31 priorities include electrification, with a target to increase the global electrification rate to 35% by 2035, and it also sets a target to reduce the increase in waste generation by 50% by 2035.
OkDiario says COP31 begins in Antalya on the southwestern coast of Turkey and quotes Murat Kurum describing it as the “COP of the future” that must take climate action beyond “abstract promises.” OkDiario also says the United States is absent for the second year in a row after the Trump Administration decided to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement and from the UNFCCC itself next year.
Targets, finance, and politics
350.org urges governments at COP31 to focus on four priorities, including delivering a credible transition away from fossil fuels, making polluters pay through stronger taxes on fossil fuel companies’ profits, and delivering climate finance and a just transition. COP31 aims to expand the Climate Implementation Bridge Mechanism by 2035 to accelerate the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and support investable project portfolios. OkDiario says the conference has proposed six global implementation targets for 2035, including increasing the global electrification rate to 35% and expanding the Climate Implementation Bridge Mechanism, while also adding four other topics to complete the COP31 Action Agenda.
OkDiario reports that China’s Li Gao, Chinese Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment and head of the delegation to COP31, calls for advances in climate finance for developing countries, including the goal of mobilizing at least $300 billion annually by 2035 and tripling funds for adaptation. 350.org’s media pack says COP31 is also a moment for action that includes working alongside frontline communities and allies through the People’s Climate Summit, the People’s Climate March and the Make Polluters Pay coalition.