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COP31 in Antalya: What to Expect from the Conference

The 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) opened in Antalya on 9 November and runs until 20 November, with Australia leading the negotiations. The agenda was adopted on day one: COP31 President Murat Kurum said an “agenda fight” had been averted. Proposals to add items on tripling adaptation finance and on climate-related trade were left…

Press Release: “Electrify Now” Is COP31’s New Buzzword — But No Substitute for a Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

The new “Electricity Now” initiative — dubbed “Electrification-35” — is shaping up to be one of the central themes at the upcoming 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya. Climate expert Alexey Kokorin, of the Nature and People Foundation and CAN EECCA’s representative to the CAN Policy Coordination Group, unpacked what lies behind the…