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  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "title": "COP31 Antalya authority tracker",
  "description": "A source-backed tracker for the COP31 conference timetable, negotiating priorities and delivery signals.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-23",
  "nextScheduledReview": "2026-07-30",
  "conference": {
    "name": "2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference",
    "shortName": "COP31",
    "startDate": "2026-11-09",
    "endDate": "2026-11-20",
    "location": "Antalya EXPO Center, Antalya, Türkiye",
    "status": "Preparatory phase",
    "officialUrl": "https://unfccc.int/cop31"
  },
  "latestDevelopments": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-22",
      "title": "Ministerial discussions moved to Shamakhi",
      "summary": "The Road to Antalya programme reached its 22 to 23 July high-level retreat in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, bringing ministers together before the September Climate Week.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/cop31/the-road-to-antalya"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "title": "COP31 participation planning opened",
      "summary": "The COP31 Presidency opened partnership and side-event applications as preparations shifted from conference design towards participation and delivery.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cop31.tr/news"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-23",
      "title": "Electrification entered the Action Agenda",
      "summary": "The COP31 Presidency launched Electrify Now and backed a goal for electricity to reach at least 35% of final energy use by 2035.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cop31.tr/speeches/bonn-action-agenda-2026"
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "id": "fossil-fuel-transition",
      "name": "Fossil fuel transition",
      "status": "Awaiting formal text",
      "statusClass": "watch",
      "whatChanged": "COP30 ended without an agreed fossil fuel roadmap in the formal outcome.",
      "whatToWatch": "Whether the COP31 presidency turns the political dispute into negotiating text or a separate implementation pathway.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/cop31-antalya-2026/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/cop31/the-road-to-antalya"
    },
    {
      "id": "climate-finance",
      "name": "Climate finance",
      "status": "Goal agreed, delivery unresolved",
      "statusClass": "watch",
      "whatChanged": "The new collective quantified goal provides a headline finance framework, but delivery and the route to wider flows remain contested.",
      "whatToWatch": "Evidence that public finance, multilateral lending and private capital are moving towards the agreed goals.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/new-climate-finance-goal-ncqg-explained/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/topics/climate-finance/workstreams/baku-to-belem-roadmap-to-13t"
    },
    {
      "id": "ndc-2035-plans",
      "name": "2035 climate plans",
      "status": "Plans remain insufficient",
      "statusClass": "behind",
      "whatChanged": "Countries are submitting the next generation of nationally determined contributions covering 2035.",
      "whatToWatch": "The updated synthesis of submitted plans and the remaining emissions gap before Antalya.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/ndc-3-2035-climate-plans-emissions-gap/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/2025-ndc-synthesis-report"
    },
    {
      "id": "loss-and-damage",
      "name": "Loss and damage",
      "status": "First funding window under way",
      "statusClass": "moving",
      "whatChanged": "The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage has moved from institutional design into its first funding cycle.",
      "whatToWatch": "Approved projects, access speed and disbursement rather than pledge totals alone.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/loss-and-damage-fund-how-it-works/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.frld.org/nodebimfundingcycle"
    },
    {
      "id": "just-transition",
      "name": "Just transition",
      "status": "Mechanism design pending",
      "statusClass": "watch",
      "whatChanged": "COP30 created a political route towards a just transition mechanism.",
      "whatToWatch": "Its governance, mandate, resources and relationship with the existing work programme.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/just-transition-mechanism-cop31-explained/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/topics/just-transition/united-arab-emirates-just-transition-work-programme"
    },
    {
      "id": "electrification",
      "name": "Electrification",
      "status": "Action Agenda target launched",
      "statusClass": "moving",
      "whatChanged": "The presidency backed a goal for electricity to supply at least 35% of final energy demand by 2035.",
      "whatToWatch": "Country commitments, grid investment and evidence that the target changes delivery plans.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/cop31-electrification-target-explained/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cop31.tr/speeches/bonn-action-agenda-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "article-6",
      "name": "Article 6 carbon markets",
      "status": "Implementation under way",
      "statusClass": "moving",
      "whatChanged": "The Paris Agreement carbon market rules are moving from negotiation into authorisations, registries and transfers.",
      "whatToWatch": "Public evidence of corresponding adjustments, registry connections and completed transfers.",
      "ownerUrl": "/carbon/climate-policy/article-6-paris-agreement-explained/",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/article-64-mechanism"
    }
  ],
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-22",
      "endDate": "2026-07-23",
      "label": "High-level retreat",
      "location": "Shamakhi, Azerbaijan",
      "status": "Current",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/cop31/the-road-to-antalya"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-07",
      "endDate": "2026-09-11",
      "label": "Climate Week",
      "location": "Baku, Azerbaijan",
      "status": "Scheduled",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.unfccc.int/topics/climate-weeks"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-09",
      "endDate": "2026-11-20",
      "label": "COP31",
      "location": "Antalya, Türkiye",
      "status": "Scheduled",
      "sourceUrl": "https://unfccc.int/cop31"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "UNFCCC COP31",
      "url": "https://unfccc.int/cop31"
    },
    {
      "name": "Road to Antalya",
      "url": "https://unfccc.int/cop31/the-road-to-antalya"
    },
    {
      "name": "COP31 participant information",
      "url": "https://unfccc.int/cop31/ifp"
    },
    {
      "name": "COP31 Presidency letters",
      "url": "https://cop31.tr/letters"
    },
    {
      "name": "COP31 Presidency news",
      "url": "https://cop31.tr/news"
    }
  ]
}