2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference

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2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Part of United Nations Climate Change Conference
Date9–20 November 2026 (2026-11-09 – 2026-11-20)
Location Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey
Also known asCOP31
Previous event ← Belém 2025
Next event→ Addis Ababa 2027

The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC , more commonly known as COP31, is the upcoming 31st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Antalya, Turkey. [1]

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Organisation and key people

There will be a pre-COP meeting on a Pacific island. [2] The Leaders’ Summit is expected to be in Istanbul, [3] where the ongoing 7th cycle of scientific work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was planned. [4] When the eventual IPCC Seventh Assessment Report will be published is not yet known, as countries disagree on whether the work of the IPCC should be aligned with the UNFCCC. [5]

Murat Kurum, the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change will chair. [6] Halil Hasar, the Head of Climate Change at that Ministry and first lady Emine Erdoğan may be prominent. [7] Minister for Climate Change and Energy for Australia Chris Bowen will be Vice-President and President of Negotiations. [6] [8] Turkey's Chief Climate Negotiator is Fatma Varank. [9]

Non-government participation

Greenpeace said that coal subsidies in Turkey are a waste of money, greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey should be reduced, and called for a just transition to stop burning coal, strong adaptation policies and civil society participation. [10] Academic İbrahim Özdemir has called for universities, civil society organizations, and climate activists to be given a “meeting and contribution platform”. [11] The location was agreed a year beforehand, but at that time the UNFCCC secretariat was saying that admitting organizations to observe these climate change conferences would take longer than that due to lack of resources. [12] However some non-governmental organizations in Turkey, such as nature conservation organization Yolda and the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion can nominate people to observe as they have been admitted to previous such conferences. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Morton, Adam (2025-11-20). "Australia's failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  2. ↑ "Türkiye picks climate change minister as COP31 head - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. 2025-12-26. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  3. ↑ "COP31 countdown: Türkiye seeks lasting climate awareness beyond diplomacy". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Seventh Assessment Report — IPCC" . Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is 'unprecedented' in IPCC history". Carbon Brief. 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  6. 1 2 "Türkiye ve Avustralya COP31'i birlikte nasıl yönetecek?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 2025-12-26. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  7. ↑ Wright, Christopher (2025-12-17). "How Türkiye and Australia could lead climate diplomacy at COP31". Dialogue Earth. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  8. ↑ "As Türkiye Prepares to Host COP31, A Look Back at COP30's Key Outcomes | United Nations in Türkiye". turkiye.un.org. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  9. ↑ https://turkiye.un.org/en/308297-road-cop31-un-resident-coordinator-meets-t%C3%BCrkiye%E2%80%99s-chief-climate-negotiator
  10. ↑ "İklim Zirvesi COP31 Türkiye'de". Greenpeace Türkiye (in Turkish). 2025-12-23. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  11. ↑ "Prof. Özdemir: "COP31 is not only a diplomatic success for Türkiye but also an opportunity for national transformation"". uskudar.edu.tr. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  12. ↑ "How to obtain observer status". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  13. ↑ "List of admitted NGOs". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
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