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cop31Nepal and Bhutan have jointly proposed a dedicated COP31 agenda item on Himalayan temperature rise, seeking scientific studies, an annual mountain dialogue and a Himalayan action plan ahead of the Antalya talks.
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cop31Türkiye's ambassador in Brazzaville says Ankara is working with Congolese institutions to give Congo and the Congo Basin a stronger voice at COP31 in Antalya.
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cop31Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will attend COP31 in Antalya for the 11–12 November leaders' summit, as Brazil hands the COP presidency to Türkiye under a shared arrangement with Australia.
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cop31COP31 in Antalya puts zero waste first among its ten action-agenda themes, targeting methane from waste and halving projected waste growth by 2035.
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cop31Scotland's Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin will attend COP31 in Antalya to press for fairer climate finance, more loss and damage funding and reform of the global debt system.
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cop31Cities from the Global South will hand the Delhi Declaration on local climate action to COP31 Climate Champion Samed Ağırbaş, urging COP31 in Antalya to turn national climate promises into delivery at city level.
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cop31Five ministerial pairs will build consensus on mitigation, adaptation, finance, just transition and oceans ahead of COP31 in Antalya, 9–20 November 2026.
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cop31Urgewald's Global Coal Exit List 2026 says COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia are pursuing new coal projects weeks before the Antalya climate talks open on 9 November 2026.
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cop31Türkiye aims to strengthen its energy and climate diplomacy through COP31 and turn global climate targets into concrete, measurable and investment-ready projects. That message emerges from recent statements by Turkish officials ahead of the 31st UN Climate Change Conference, in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026. According to Anadolu, reporting on 22 October
Read full storycop31The COP31 Antalya venue is ready for the world. The former EXPO 2016 grounds in Antalya's Aksu district have been adapted to host the 31st United Nations climate conference from 9 to 20 November 2026, and a ministerial inspection on 23 October confirmed the scale of the gathering: 85 world leaders are expected, with a
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cop31China urges COP31 in Antalya to focus on implementation, a finance roadmap for the $300 billion goal by 2035, tripled adaptation finance and freer green technology trade.
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cop31Türkiye has presented the COP31 climate summit in Antalya as a COP31 implementation conference, telling an audience in Jakarta that the summit must turn climate pledges into concrete projects backed by adequate funding. The message was delivered on 19 October 2026 at the ESG Now Leadership Forum and Awards 2026 in Jakarta, where Burak Gunes,
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The Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo 2026 opens in New Delhi on 2 November, bringing participants from more than 130 countries together as India presses towards 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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Green JournalismToxic Ground, a cross-border investigation into hidden landfill sites across Europe, has been shortlisted in the Environment and Energy category of the British Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismTürkiye's communications chief Burhanettin Duran urges solutions-focused climate reporting ahead of COP31 in Antalya, warning against 'green fatigue', as 1,400 of about 3,000 press accreditations are completed.
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Green JournalismThe Society of Environmental Journalists has opened book entries for its 25th annual awards for reporting on the environment. Books published in 2025 or 2026 are eligible, with the standard deadline on 21 December 2026.
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Green JournalismThe United Nations has called for a broad, joint effort to protect climate information integrity, warning that disinformation, harassment of journalists and AI-driven manipulation now threaten climate action, weeks before COP31 in Antalya.
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