COP31 Opens in Antalya

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

11/09/2026 - 11/20/2026

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya, Türkiye

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Edited10/25/2026 at 11:33 pmby @ClimateDesk
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COP31 ~~runs from Monday~~is scheduled for 9 ~~November~~ to ~~Friday~~ 20 November 2026 at the Antalya Expo Center in ~~Antalya, Türkiye The session also hosts the 21st meeting of the Parties~~ Türkiye, with a World Leaders' Summit planned for 11 and 12 November, according to the ~~Kyoto Protocol~~ reference work on the conference. The unusual split was agreed at COP30 in Belém and announced in a 23 November 2025 release from Australia's prime minister. Türkiye physically hosts the ~~8th meeting~~ conference and the leaders' summit and is nominated as COP President; Australia, through Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, is President of ~~the Parties~~ Negotiations with 'exclusive authority in relation to the ~~Paris Agreement About 100,000 participants are expected,~~ negotiations' until COP31 ends. Australia also picks the ministerial co-facilitators and, with Türkiye, names action-agenda champions, including ~~observer organisations, UN agencies, civil society, business, academics and accredited press Australia and Türkiye had both bid~~ Pacific representatives. A Pacific Pre-COP, listed as held in Fiji on 5 to 8 October with a leaders' event in Tuvalu, was meant to ~~host; UN rules require consensus within~~ show leaders Pacific climate impacts first-hand. The agenda includes a session on climate finance for Small Island Developing States, inviting pledges to the ~~regional group, and~~ Pacific Resilience Facility. Türkiye's environment minister Murat Kurum, the COP President, told reporters in September that the two ~~settled~~ countries are not co-presidents and that the ~~contest~~ final decision rests with the COP31 presidency while Climate Change News notes the official modalities give the Australian representative exclusive authority over the negotiations. Türkiye leads the non-negotiated Action Agenda. Kurum also said holding warming to 1.5C is no longer possible and that limiting it to around 1.5C would count as success. Climate Change News calls COP31 the first UN climate summit with presidency powers split between ~~them~~two countries.
- COP to be hosted by Türkiye with Australia leading negotiations (Prime Minister of Australia)pm.gov.au95% CONFIDENCE
- Türkiye says it has 'final decision' at COP31 despite Australia running negotiations (Climate Change News)climatechangenews.com90% CONFIDENCE

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unfccc.int/cop31
unfccc.int· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Nov 9, 2026 ✓· Ends Nov 20, 2026 ✓· 31% of score
UNFCCC states the Government of Türkiye will host the thirty-first session "from Monday, 9 November, to Friday, 20 November 2026"; the pin's exclusive end is the following midnight UTC.
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2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 31% of score
Encyclopaedic account of the host contest and the agenda; fetched in this run.^[1]
[3]90%
Türkiye says it has 'final decision' at COP31 despite Australia running negotiations (Climate Change News)
climatechangenews.com· Published Sep 11, 2026· 29% of score
Specialist climate press reporting the dispute over authority, the Action Agenda split and Kurum's remarks.^[1]
[4]95%
COP to be hosted by Türkiye with Australia leading negotiations (Prime Minister of Australia)
pm.gov.au· Published Nov 23, 2025· 10% of score
Primary government release setting out the host/negotiation split, Pre-COP and SIDS finance commitments.^[1]

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