COP31 2026: Venue, Dates, President, Key Officials and Major Facts
The 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026. This event will witness the participation of delegates from almost all countries to discuss global measures for combating climate change in terms of its mitigation, adaptation, financing, and implementing the Paris Agreement. Türkiye will act as the host country to COP31, whereas Australia will be the leading negotiator country at COP31.
COP31 will also comprise CMP21, the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, and CMA8, the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement.
The minister of environment, urbanization and climate change for Turkey, Murat Kurum will be the president of COP31.
Chris Bowen, Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, will chair the official climate negotiations. This is in line with the agreement reached between Türkiye and Australia since both countries had been bidding for the hosting of COP31.
Türkiye will host COP31 and be in charge of the Action Agenda while Australia will have an important role in the official negotiations.
Samed Ağırbaş, president of the Zero Waste Foundation will be the Climate High-Level Champion for COP31. The high-level champion will help in mobilising climate action by companies, banks, cities, regions, and citizens in addition to the action by governments.
The COP is the most significant annual international platform for dialogue within the UN climate regime framework where countries discuss their climate achievements and plan future climate negotiations.
The main focus of COP31 will be the implementation of the Paris Agreement which seeks to enhance global climate response and ensure that global temperatures will not rise above 2°C and work toward keeping the temperature rise below 1.5°C.
Some of the important issues which are likely to be discussed at the summit include climate emission reductions, adaptation, finance, loss and damage, technology and climate commitment implementation.
The participants of the COP31 meeting will comprise various groups such as governments, scientists, business community, Indigenous peoples, youth and NGOs.
A World Leaders’ Summit will be convened in Antalya on November 11 and 12, 2026.
There is also a plan for a pre-COP summit in Fiji between October 5 and 8 and a leaders’ event in Tuvalu.
The aim of the pre-COP process is to create momentum prior to COP in Antalya, especially concerning climate change issues in vulnerable Pacific nations.
India hosted the COP8, which was held in New Delhi in 2002. During the meeting, the Delhi Ministerial Declaration was adopted. This declaration placed emphasis on sustainable development and the implementation of climate obligations, taking into account the different capacities of developed and developing nations.
The Paris Agreement, which was adopted at COP21 in 2015, is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of the UN climate negotiations history.
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