COP31 Set To Open In Antalya As Turkiye Readies A Fortnight Of Climate Talks

Final preparations are under way in Antalya, Turkiye, for the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, which runs from November 9 to 20. The Expo Center venue will host negotiators from nearly every country, with a World Leaders' Summit scheduled for the second and third days of the conference.

The summit follows a pre-COP round of talks held in early October, with preparatory events that kept the priorities of small-island and Pacific nations in focus. Climate finance, adaptation support and the pace of emissions cuts are expected to dominate the agenda in Antalya.

What happens next

Delegations will spend the opening days setting the negotiating agenda before heads of state arrive mid-conference. For India and other developing economies, the key tests will be commitments on finance and technology transfer, with the two-week schedule leaving room for the hard bargaining that typically stretches into a COP's final hours.

The talks arrive at a moment of uneven global momentum on climate action, with questions over how far wealthy nations will go to fund adaptation in the developing world. How those tensions are managed in Antalya will determine whether the conference delivers concrete commitments or another round of deferred decisions.