COP31: a practical guide to understanding what is at stake for the planet at the climate summit in Turkey

Turkey hosts the summit from 9 to 20 November, but the negotiations are led by Australia.

Electrification, climate money and the future of oil and coal are on the table.

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The COP is back for another year. We don’t know if with the same enthusiasm as other events or with the doubts raised by the last global meeting for the environment. The United Nations’ major annual climate summit is celebrating its 31st edition and it is not just a matter for diplomats: what is agreed, or not agreed, at COP31 will end up in the electricity bill, in public debt or in harvests. COP31 is being held in Antalya (Turkey) between 9 and 20 November and will be an atypical edition. Turkey hosts and chairs it, but the negotiations are led by Australia, with its minister Chris Bowen at the helm, after a division of roles agreed between the two countries in November 2025. To understand what is at stake, it is worth starting with the basics. COP stands for Conference of the Parties, the annual meeting of the almost 200 countries that signed the UN Convention on Climate Change. Their decisions are taken by consensus, which explains why they move so slowly.

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