Leaders open COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey
Nearly 200 countries have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for the 31st UN climate conference, known as COP31.
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What happened
Nearly 200 countries have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for the 31st UN climate conference, known as COP31. The summit has opened with leaders calling for faster action on climate change, with the United States absent from official talks.
Why it matters
Delegates face pressure from war-driven energy security fears, surging AI power demand and rising fossil fuel prices. The summit is expected to focus on turning past climate promises into concrete results.
Timeline
- Nov 8, 8:08 PM ET: Representatives from nearly 200 countries were set to gather in Antalya for two weeks of climate talks, with the US absent.
- Nov 9, 10:34 AM ET: The 31st UN Climate Change Conference, COP31, opened in Antalya, Türkiye, with leaders calling for faster action.
- Nov 9, 12:47 PM ET: UN climate negotiator Simon Stiell warned in his opening address that high fossil fuel prices were spreading inflation like a cancer.
Coverage
- South Korea climate envoy to attend UN climate summit in Turkey (koreajoongangdaily)
- Video. Conservative politicians 'stupid and foolish' on climate rollbacks (Euronews)
- Conservative politicians 'stupid and foolish' on climate policy rollbacks, says climate activist (Yahoo News)
- S. Korea's climate ambassador to join U.N. climate summit in Turkey as presidential envoy (Yonhap)
- A Summit on Implementation? – Hosts Call for Faster Action on Climate Protection (bluewin.ch)
- Indonesia must turn climate pledges into action to maintain credibility at COP31, IESR says (tanah.air)
- Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks (The Guardian)
- Colin Sheridan: Ireland's credibility at Cop31 not helped by our lack of climate action at home (irishexaminer.com)
- Is Cop31 a huge scam? Let’s ask the penguins of the future | First Dog on the Moon (The Guardian)
- EXPLAINED | What Is COP31, and Who Pays to Protect India From Climate Change? (Sunny K S)
- COP31 to begin: Food, farming and health in focus on Day 1 of UN climate summit (indiatoday.in)
- COP31 Begins On Health Day: How Will Countries Measure The Health Impact Of Climate Change? (healthandme.com)
- COP31 gets underway: Historic and full of contradictions (Bernhard Pötter)
- Leaders gather in Turkey for UN climate summit after a disastrous year of extreme weather (WRAL)
- Will realism shape the COP31 outcome? (cyprus-mail.com)
- Upgrading power grids to accommodate renewable energy is a key issue at climate talks (WRAL)
- The ocean can be our best bet vs climate change. It's finally at the heart of COP31. (rappler.com)
- COP31 opens as climate and geopolitical pressures mount (AFP)
- COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI (The Straits Times)
- Does what we do make a difference to tackling climate change? I’m taking that question to COP31 (The Straits Times)
- Australia’s climate minister is about to walk a diplomatic tightrope at COP31 (The Conversation)
- Nicola Jennings on Cop31 in Turkey (The Guardian)
- Nigeria heads to COP31 seeking $336.5bn in climate finance (Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi)
- Time for the US to rejoin the world on climate action (pearlsandirritations.com)
- Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says (The Guardian)
- Seven issues expected to dominate COP31 - UNEP - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy (environewsnigeria.com)
- Climate change and art converge at COP31 in Antalya (hurriyetdailynews.com)
- Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve? (The Guardian)
- Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks (The Guardian)
- UN climate summit opens in Turkey with modest goals (csmonitor.com)
- COP31 opens in Antalya on Nov.9 with focus on implementation (turkiyetoday.com)
- America’s climate betrayal has always been much bigger than Trump (The Independent)
- COP31: World leaders must break fossil fuels' grip on climate policy and people’s futures. (amnesty.org)
- Governor Ditches Virtual Appearance and Flies to Turkey for Climate Change Conference (abqraw.com)
- Environment: ‘Lose Tuvalu, lose our world. Save the Pacific, save our world’ (pearlsandirritations.com)
- What to know about COP31: International climate conference begins Monday (ABC News)
- UN climate talks start in a year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures (NBC News)
- Can Cop31 in Turkey put the fight against climate change back on top of the world's agenda? (The National)
- African climate voices demand fair funding and influence (Francesca de Gasparis)
- Turkey outlines plans for 'paradigm shift' in energy use ahead of climate summit (WRAL)
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- Outgoing UN chief Guterres issues forceful climate warning before Turkey talks
- Türkiye readies Antalya climate summit as it outlines coal exit plans
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