cop31COP31 Opens Without the US — and With Its Guiding Climate Science Still Undecided
COP31 opens in Antalya on 9 November without an official US delegation, while the IPCC's next assessment report still has no agreed timetable.
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cop31Türkiye to Unveil $6 Billion Industrial Decarbonization Platform at COP31
Türkiye will unveil its Industrial Decarbonization Investment Platform at COP31 in Antalya, aiming to mobilise more than $6 billion by 2030 and cut over 20 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year from steel, aluminium, cement and fertiliser.
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cop31India Sets Out COP31 Priorities: Predictable Climate Finance, Not New Top-Down Targets
India has set out its negotiating priorities for COP31 in Antalya, putting predictable, public and concessional climate finance first and insisting that mitigation and the Global Stocktake stay party-driven and non-punitive.
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cop31Bangladesh to Demand Grants, Not Loans, at COP31 in Antalya
Bangladesh will press developed countries at COP31 in Antalya to provide climate finance as grants rather than loans, State Minister Shama Obaed Islam said at a Dhaka briefing on 2 November.
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cop31Nepal and Bhutan Seek Dedicated Himalayan Climate Agenda at COP31
Nepal and Bhutan have jointly proposed a dedicated COP31 agenda item on Himalayan temperature rise, seeking scientific studies, an annual mountain dialogue and a Himalayan action plan ahead of the Antalya talks.
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cop31Congo Basin Voice at COP31 as Türkiye Courts Congo Ahead of Antalya
Türkiye's ambassador in Brazzaville says Ankara is working with Congolese institutions to give Congo and the Congo Basin a stronger voice at COP31 in Antalya.
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cop31Lula to Attend COP31 in Antalya as Brazil Hands Presidency to Türkiye
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will attend COP31 in Antalya for the 11–12 November leaders' summit, as Brazil hands the COP presidency to Türkiye under a shared arrangement with Australia.
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cop31Zero Waste Takes Centre Stage at COP31 as Presidency Targets Methane
COP31 in Antalya puts zero waste first among its ten action-agenda themes, targeting methane from waste and halving projected waste growth by 2035.
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cop31Scotland to Push Fairer Climate Finance and Loss and Damage Funding at COP31
Scotland's Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin will attend COP31 in Antalya to press for fairer climate finance, more loss and damage funding and reform of the global debt system.
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cop31Global South cities carry Delhi Declaration to COP31 in Antalya
Cities from the Global South will hand the Delhi Declaration on local climate action to COP31 Climate Champion Samed Ağırbaş, urging COP31 in Antalya to turn national climate promises into delivery at city level.
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cop31COP31 Names Ten Co-Facilitators to Steer the Hardest Antalya Talks
Five ministerial pairs will build consensus on mitigation, adaptation, finance, just transition and oceans ahead of COP31 in Antalya, 9–20 November 2026.
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cop31COP31 Hosts Türkiye and Australia Face Coal Scrutiny Before Antalya
Urgewald's Global Coal Exit List 2026 says COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia are pursuing new coal projects weeks before the Antalya climate talks open on 9 November 2026.
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India Proposes Recycled Plastic in Food Packaging as EU Plastic-Waste Export Ban Nears
India has proposed allowing chemically recycled plastic in food packaging, as the EU prepares to ban plastic-waste exports to non-OECD countries from 21 November.
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Green JournalismMalta Journalism Awards 2026: ‘Profit in Every Drop’ Wins Environment Reporting Prize
Amphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismAUB and Green Climate Fund Train African Journalists in Solutions-Focused Climate Reporting
Broadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismClimate Media Awards 2026 Open Entries for African Food and Farming Stories
Entries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN Opens Doha Journalism Fellowship for Reporters From 44 Least Developed Countries
UN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismTwo Briefings on 2 November Prepare Journalists for COP31 in Antalya
Canada 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 Wins 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award
Stephanie 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 Launches ‘Distorted’ Series to Track Climate Disaster Misinformation
Grist 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 JournalismUN Restoration Report Gives Climate Journalists a New Global Scorecard
The 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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