How a year of extreme heat around the world is reshaping climate conversations at Cop31 IN FOCUS: Increasing extreme temperatures around the world are driving a new effort to frame climate action around health, rather than carbon targets and emissions, reports Nick Ferris at Cop31 in Antalya The Independent UK · 6h ago
Turkey hosts UN climate summit while pursuing new fossil fuel projects Turkey is making electrification a central theme of this year’s UN climate summit, Cop31, which it is currently hosting in the Mediterranean city of Antalya alongside Australia. The ambition is to raise the share of global energy demand met by electricity from 20% today to 35% by 2035. The Conversation · Nov 10
States like Samoa face brutal 2027 storm season – every dollar of ‘climate cash’ counts for small islands Every nation is grappling with climate change, but a super El Niño is about to collide with the 2026-27 South Pacific cyclone season. This presents one of the toughest challenges yet for the world’s small island nations. The Conversation · Nov 10
Fossil fuel emissions are expected to fall in 2026. Why aren’t climate experts celebrating? Experts warn that a drop in emissions partly driven by conflict and trade disruptions is not sustainable in the long term. Euronews · Nov 10
Slight fall in carbon emissions from fossil fuels as Iran war drives renewables push However, authors of a comprehensive assessment to be presented at Cop31 warn talk of a global turnaround premature The Guardian - UK · Nov 10
High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate chief tells Cop31 Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrification The Guardian - UK · Nov 9
How close are we to a long-term breach of critical 1.5C warming limit as Cop31 begins? IN FOCUS: ‘The possible overshoot of 1.5C is a grave indictment of decades of climate inaction,’ one activist tells Stuti Mishra The Independent UK · Nov 9
The Cop31 climate summit is betting on electrification – but still needs a plan to ditch fossil fuels The latest UN climate summit, Cop31, will get underway in Antalya, Turkey, on November 9. One of its key objectives is to boost electrification across the global economy – replacing petrol and diesel vehicles, gas boilers and some industrial processes that burn fossil fuels with electric alternatives. The Conversation · Nov 6
‘The transition is inevitable’: Brazil releases first global roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels Countries have been urged to start planning now for the 'urgent, inevitable' – yet voluntary – phaseout of coal, oil and gas. Euronews · Nov 4
‘Music is the most powerful way of connecting to what’s happening’: can this album change your mind about the climate crisis? With globe-spanning artists – including Charlotte Church doing angry electropop – the Flow project is hoping to make an impact at this month’s Cop31 The Guardian - UK · Nov 3
Rain fails to dampen climate mission at pre-COP31 event The government has defied critics and bad weather to highlight climate threats to Pacific nations but pre-COP31 also turned the spotlight on its commitments. AAP · Oct 9
Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence ‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in Fiji The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Cop negotiations chief on how Iran war oil shock paves road to climate talks in Turkey Exclusive: As countries meet at key climate crisis meetings, Australia’s Chris Bowen says war underlines need to move away from fossil fuels The Guardian - AU · Apr 25
The Conversation · Nov 20, 2025 Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries Australia has ceded next year’s United Nations climate conference – COP 31 – to Turkey, but has negotiated a fall back that gives Climate Minister Chris Bowen a prominent role.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025 Can Cop30 begin the process of phasing out fossil fuels? Ending use of coal, oil and gas is essential in tackling climate crisis – but even talking about it is controversial