Antalya, Türkiye — The public face of COP31 is open again. The Green Zone at the Antalya Expo Center reopened to visitors on Friday, 13 November 2026, after closing for two days during the World Leaders Climate Action Summit — and it returns on Finance and Trade Day, when the conference turns its attention to how money, markets and everyday choices can speed up the shift to a sustainable life.
Green Zone back open after two-day closure
The Green Zone was closed to visitors on 11 and 12 November while world leaders met inside the Blue Zone. It is open again from 09:00 to 22:00 on 13 and 14 November, and it stays open until the conference ends on 20 November. Entry is free, but visitors must register in advance through the official COP31 website.
Run by the Türkiye COP31 Presidency, the Green Zone is the part of the summit the public can actually experience. It hosts exhibitions, pavilions, public talks, workshops, film screenings and cultural events, while the accredited Blue Zone next door hosts the official negotiations. The thematic hubs inside the Green Zone close at 18:00 each day.
Finance and Trade Day: what is on show
Friday 13 November is Day 5 of COP31 and carries the Finance and Trade theme: Green Transformation, Climate-Based Investment, Green Finance, Value Chains and Carbon Markets. It is the day the conference asks how finance can reach real projects — from clean power and efficient buildings to the small businesses and households that must live with the transition.
The theme follows a week of delivery-focused announcements in Antalya, including the Global Zero Waste Alliance launched at COP31, which aims to carry sustainable living from conference halls into everyday homes.
Sustainable living on display
For visitors, the Green Zone is where sustainable living stops being a negotiating text and becomes something to see and touch. The official COP31 programme lists waste reduction, recycling, limiting plastic use and energy-efficiency practices among the ideas on show — from efficient home appliances to better building materials.
Turkish appliance maker Beko, for example, is showing connected appliances at its booth in the Koç Holding Pavilion — heat-pump dishwashing, induction cooking and efficient cooling designed to cut the energy and water households use every day. Its chief financial officer joins two finance panels at the pavilion on Friday, linking home energy use to the day’s finance theme.
The focus on homes matters because buildings carry a large share of the climate problem. According to the International Energy Agency’s Special Report on Buildings Efficiency, prepared for the COP31 Presidency, buildings account for about 30 percent of final energy use and around half of all electricity, with 2.8 gigatonnes of direct carbon dioxide emissions. The Presidency has set a target of cutting buildings’ energy intensity by 25 percent by 2035.
Key facts
- The COP31 Green Zone is open at the Antalya Expo Center in Aksu from 9 to 20 November 2026.
- It was closed to visitors on 11–12 November during the World Leaders Climate Action Summit and reopened on 13 November, 09:00–22:00.
- Friday 13 November is Finance and Trade Day: Green Transformation, Climate-Based Investment, Green Finance, Value Chains and Carbon Markets.
- Entry is free; visitors must register in advance on the official COP31 website.
- Thematic hubs inside the Green Zone close at 18:00 every day.
What visitors can take home
The Green Zone’s message is deliberately practical: the same habits it demonstrates — using less, wasting less, choosing efficient appliances and keeping buildings cool without wasting power — are the ones households can start at home. COP31’s own “35 by 35” Global Electrification Pledge aims to raise electricity’s share of global final energy use from just over 20 percent to 35 percent by 2035, and efficient homes are where much of that electricity will be used.
For the fuller picture of what the Green Zone offers, Watan News reported on how the Green Zone brings sustainable living to life in Antalya when it first opened on 9 November.
