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copThe European Parliament's environment committee has adopted draft COP31 priorities — 50 votes to 16 — urging a fossil-fuel phase-out push and grant-based climate finance ahead of the Antalya summit.
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copWith just days to go before the first pre-COP31 Pacific ministerial opens in Nadi, Fiji, the gathering meant to put Pacific island nations at the centre of global climate diplomacy is attracting attention for an unexpected reason: a strikingly thin guest list. The ministerial runs from 5 to 8 October 2026, with a leaders' component
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copCOP31 registration is open in the UNFCCC Online Registration System for Parties, observers, UN bodies, IGOs and NGOs.
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copCOP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia face growing pressure to put fossil-fuel language on the agenda in Antalya, after the presidency's listed priorities omitted the transition away from fossil fuels.
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ClimateUNEP's Champions of the Earth award and the $25 million Emerging Climate Champions Award are both set to name their 2026 winners this autumn.
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ClimateThe COP31 Presidency picked Pakistan among five BRIDGE pilot countries and launched the SURFF city resilience finance facility at New York Climate Week.
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copTürkiye has fixed the COP31 World Leaders' Summit for 11–12 November in Antalya, setting the political centrepiece of the UN climate conference's first week.
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ClimateThe COP31 Presidency floated the Antalya AI Energy Pledge and a 35×35 pledge — lifting electricity to 35% of final energy by 2035 — at New York Climate Week on 21 September 2026.
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ClimateThe 81st UN General Assembly's high-level week opened 22 September in New York with climate action and sea-level rise on the agenda — and the EU's blunt draft COP31 conclusions insisting pledges alone are no longer enough.
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ClimatePlasticHealthAware — an open-access dashboard launched at INC-5.2 by Boston College and funded by Minderoo — systematically tracks the health harms of five plastic chemical classes, from bisphenols to PFAS, with plastic-related health costs put at ~US$1.5 trillion a year.
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ClimateA draft of the EU's COP31 conclusions dated 14 September says current ambition and implementation remain insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C, shifting Brussels' emphasis from pledges to delivery ahead of the Antalya summit on 9–20 November.
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ClimateThe COP31 presidency and the OECD launched a strategic partnership in Paris on 17 September 2026 to turn climate commitments into bankable projects, with implementation and climate finance at the core of the Implementation COP agenda.
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Kenya has launched the first draft of a new National Environment Policy, with 2035 targets of a 35% emissions cut and 30% protected land. The draft replaces the 2013 policy and is open for 21 days of public participation before final adoption.
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Green JournalismNewsrooms covering COP31 must navigate a two-stage accreditation system: journalists register individually in the UNFCCC's Online Registration System, and each organisation's single media focal point nominates the team via the Indico UN platform.
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Green JournalismAs COP31 nears, climate journalists face rising attacks and a shifting audience: UNESCO and the OSCE's new reporting manual meets the Reuters Institute's 2026 findings.
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Green JournalismThe IFJ has launched a free online course, Reporting climate change: tips from the IFJ, teaching journalists accuracy, disinformation defence and field safety.
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Green JournalismAfrica No Filter, with Comic Relief, opened the 2026 Voices for Climate Justice initiative — 12 months of training, mentorship and grants of up to US$4,000 for African storytellers.
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Green JournalismThe 18th International Hrant Dink Award named environmental advocate Süheyla Doğan and lawyer Raji Sourani as laureates, putting ecological defence at the centre of Turkey's civic calendar.
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Green JournalismAfter COP29 Baku, n-ost and Journalismfund Europe's programme supports EaP journalists with training, up to €800 grants and a publication track for deeper climate investigations.
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Green JournalismCovering Climate Now named 49 winners of its 2026 Journalism Awards, with three Journalists of the Year and a second-ever Lifetime Achievement honour for The Guardian's Fiona Harvey.
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