COP31: UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey

The 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) will take place in Antalya, Turkey, from November 9 to 20, 2026.

This dossier contains analyses and commentary on key issues and negotiation topics.

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COP31: Facts

Date & Location:
Antalya, Turkey, November 9–20, 2026

Shared presidency:
- Turkey — logistical host and responsible for the COP31 Action Agenda;
- Australia — presidency over the negotiations

Key Topics:
Global Stocktake & NDCs, Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), Just Transition, COP30 Presidency Roadmaps for Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels and ending deforestation

Website: https://cop31.tr/

Previous COP:
COP30 in Belém, Brazil

The next COP32 will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2027 under the Presidency of Ethiopia.

COP31: Preparation

Institutionalising Article 6: Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Future of Global Carbon Markets

Analysis

Article 6 is emerging as the institutional hub of international carbon markets. While financing and adaptation issues remain stalled, registries, standards, and digital infrastructures are growing rapidly. This development could entrench power dynamics.

Tamra Gilbertson

COP30: Outcome

A man speaks as "COP President" at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil; another man with headset sits to his right.

The Optimism of Mutirão Faced Its Reckoning at COP30 in Belém

Analysis

The Brazilian Presidency had promised that COP30 in Belém would be the “COP of truth” and “COP of implementation”, held in the spirit of Mutirão with the global community working together to face the climate emergency. It faced a reckoning instead.

Liane Schalatek, Marcelo Montenegro, Linda Schneider

UNFCC: Background

The UN Framework Climate Convention and its implementation after Kyoto & Paris

Analysis

The danger posed by global climate and environmental crises has been known for decades, but so far it has not been possible to address them effectively and fairly on a global scale. An overview of the most important international climate agreements, how they work, their potential and the challenges they face.

Linda Schneider , Liane Schalatek

Publications

A change of course. On the road to a climate-just world

Is it utopian to insist on a good life for all in the face of the climate crisis? No more unrealistic than the utopia of endless growth on a finite planet on the backs of the weakest. On the road to a climate-just world” describes ways to create a sustainable world worth living in for everyone - and exposes false hopes and dangerous false solutions.

Susanne Schwarz, Verena Kern, Linda Schneider , Johanna Sydow, Susann Scherbarth, Anika Schroeder