Türkiye readies Antalya climate summit as it outlines coal exit plans
The UN's yearly climate conference, COP31, runs November 9 to 20, drawing nearly 200 nations to Türkiye.
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What happened
Türkiye is preparing to host the COP31 UN climate conference in Antalya, where governments will negotiate climate action. The Turkish energy minister has laid out plans to move the country away from coal and other fossil fuels before the talks begin.
Why it matters
UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell has said he expects the summit to turn climate pledges and targets into concrete results.
Timeline
- Nov 6, 2:43 AM ET: The Turkish energy minister laid out plans for the country to wean itself away from coal and other fossil fuels ahead of hosting COP31.
- Nov 6, 3:35 AM ET: Simon Stiell said he expects COP31 to turn pledges and targets into concrete results.
- Nov 9, 2026: The COP31 climate conference is scheduled to open in Antalya, running through November 20.
Coverage
- 35-by-35: A catchy slogan, a mammoth negotiation and a plan to save the world (Nick O'Malley)
- Financing climate resilience is a fiscal necessity, not a luxury (turkiyetoday.com)
- Youth delegates call for greater say in climate negotiations (gulf-times.com)
- UN climate talks start in the year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures (laist.com)
- U.N. climate talks start in year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures (tribdem.com)
- COP31 must tackle climate policy’s water-cycle blind spot (davisweddi)
- COP31: Five key issues to watch as climate negotiations begin in Türkiye - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy (environewsnigeria.com)
- Tourism Heads to COP31 Wanting Results, Not More Pledges (skift.com)
- COP31 Prelude: Global South pushes climate finance and fair trade over new targets (carboncopy.info)
- Climate action needs women in decision-making: COP31 ambassador (dailysabah.com)
- COP31 will 'convert pledges and targets into concrete results' (sustainabilityonline.net)
- Cop31 will expose the conflicts and contradictions of the world’s fossil fuel reliance (The Guardian)
- The ocean is missing from climate diplomacy. Again. (lowyinstitute.org)
- What is COP31? Here’s all you need to know (Ming Chun Tang)
- COP31 in Turkey: What to Expect at the 2026 UN Climate Summit (cfr.org)
- COP31, explained: What’s at stake at the climate talks (conservation.org)
- Climate Resilience Will Not Be Built by Press Release (ssir.org)
- COP31 Briefing: What to expect from the Antalya climate summit? (climatechangenews.com)
- Here are the seven issues expected to dominate the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (unep.org)
- COP31: What to expect on conflict, climate and militarism (ConEnvObs)
- Strengthening Bangladesh’s climate diplomacy: From COP31 preparedness (The Business Standard)
- Texas Impact Heads Back to the UN’s Climate Change Conference (austinchronicle.com)
- COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit? (news.un.org)
- Look beyond old climate fault lines (Indian Express)
- COP31: Focus on Electrification Targets and the Implementation of National Climate Pledges (wupperinst.org)
- COP 31: The world is electrifying. Will Canada be left behind? (Aly Hyder Ali)
- COP31 must deliver finance for Africa or there will be no implementation (Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah)
- Red Cross urges focus on humanitarian impacts of climate change (The Peninsula Newspaper)
- Indonesia to highlight climate bills at COP31 summit in Turkiye (Prisca)
- Governments need to focus on economic strategy at COP31 (sustainabilityonline.net)
- COP31: Will countries finally deliver on past promises? (countercurrents.org)
- COP31: Will countries finally deliver on past promises? (Resilience)
- “The mood is extremely tense” | D+C (dandc.eu)
- What’s on the climate calendar for November 2026? (climatechangenews.com)
- COP31: Q&A: ‘We suffer the consequences more, then pay more to finance the response’ (Fermín Koop)
- Canada presenting itself as climate leader at COP31, despite policy rollbacks (thestar.com)
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- Leaders open COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey
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- Outgoing UN chief Guterres issues forceful climate warning before Turkey talks
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