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cop31COP31's fourth Presidency letter puts agriculture and food security on the Antalya agenda, backing the farmers' call to extend the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work beyond 2026.
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cop31The COP31 climate finance agenda took shape in Istanbul on 4 September 2026, when the summit's presidency used the Istanbul Climate Finance Summit to lay out how money — not just promises — will move countries toward the goals set for the Antalya summit.
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cop31NADI, Fiji — The co-organizers of this year's UN climate summit have announced a new tactic to break the deadlock of COP negotiations: a "presidency-led decision" — a summary text they will prepare in advance and put to a vote at COP31 in Antalya, aimed at keeping the 1.5°C warming limit within reach. Australia and
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cop31UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged developed nations to deliver on their promises of climate finance and technology to build resilience in vulnerable countries, as the world prepares for the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye next month.
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cop31Ministers and climate negotiators from more than 50 countries are gathering in Fiji and Tuvalu this week for the final major ministerial meeting before COP31 — and Pacific leaders are using the moment to demand that the November climate summit in Antalya deliver action, not just promises.
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cop31An explainer on COP31's unprecedented split presidency: Türkiye's Murat Kurum holds the COP31 Presidency while Australia's Chris Bowen wields exclusive authority over the negotiations — and what 'exclusive' does and does not mean.
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cop31A Guardian investigation has found that landfills in COP31 host Türkiye emit some of the world's worst methane mega-leaks, with Istanbul's Silivri site averaging 7.4 tonnes of methane an hour — even as the COP31 presidency puts methane cuts at the top of its summit agenda.
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cop31The European Parliament's Environment Committee has adopted its COP31 draft resolution by 50 votes to 16, demanding a faster fossil fuel phase-out, scaled-up honest climate finance, and stronger support for vulnerable countries ahead of the Antalya summit.
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cop31With just over a month to go before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, the contours of the negotiation agenda are coming into focus. Financing for climate-vulnerable countries, a long-promised roadmap away from fossil fuels, and new mechanisms launched at COP30 in Belém are all expected to sit at the center of the talks, as the
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cop31Governments meet in Addis Ababa on 12–16 October 2026 to agree a delivery timeline for the IPCC's Seventh Assessment Report, breaking the deadlock on the landmark climate reports.
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cop31Pacific leaders, scholars and ministers gathered in Suva, Fiji, on Saturday, October 3, 2026, for the "1.5°C to Stay Alive" forum — a major international event aimed at shaping Pacific priorities ahead of the official COP31 pre-meetings that begin on October 5. The forum's outcomes will feed directl
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cop31Turkiye's COP31 presidency says the Antalya summit will be about implementing existing climate commitments rather than new pledges, launching a 35-by-35 electrification goal and an AI energy pact.
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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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