COP31 will take place in Antalya from 9 to 20 November 2026. The conference arrives with new 2035 climate plans on the table, a climate finance goal to deliver and unfinished decisions on fossil fuels, loss and damage, just transition and carbon markets.
Official announcements are grouped by the decision they affect, with the latest position, the unresolved issue and the source behind each update.
Dated updates
Latest developments
Preparatory meetings and presidency decisions will shape what reaches Antalya. These are the latest verified changes.
Ministerial discussions moved to Shamakhi
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.
COP31 participation planning opened
The COP31 Presidency opened partnership and side-event applications as preparations shifted from conference design towards participation and delivery.
Electrification entered the Action Agenda
The COP31 Presidency launched Electrify Now and backed a goal for electricity to reach at least 35% of final energy use by 2035.
7 issues
What is moving before COP31
The latest position for each issue, followed by the decision or evidence that could change it.
Fossil fuel transition
Awaiting formal textCOP30 ended without an agreed fossil fuel roadmap in the formal outcome.
Next test: Whether the COP31 presidency turns the political dispute into negotiating text or a separate implementation pathway.
Climate finance
Goal agreed, delivery unresolvedThe new collective quantified goal provides a headline finance framework, but delivery and the route to wider flows remain contested.
Next test: Evidence that public finance, multilateral lending and private capital are moving towards the agreed goals.
2035 climate plans
Plans remain insufficientCountries are submitting the next generation of nationally determined contributions covering 2035.
Next test: The updated synthesis of submitted plans and the remaining emissions gap before Antalya.
Loss and damage
First funding window under wayThe Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage has moved from institutional design into its first funding cycle.
Next test: Approved projects, access speed and disbursement rather than pledge totals alone.
Just transition
Mechanism design pendingCOP30 created a political route towards a just transition mechanism.
Next test: Its governance, mandate, resources and relationship with the existing work programme.
Electrification
Action Agenda target launchedThe presidency backed a goal for electricity to supply at least 35% of final energy demand by 2035.
Next test: Country commitments, grid investment and evidence that the target changes delivery plans.
Article 6 carbon markets
Implementation under wayThe Paris Agreement carbon market rules are moving from negotiation into authorisations, registries and transfers.
Next test: Public evidence of corresponding adjustments, registry connections and completed transfers.
Road to Antalya
Key dates
The formal conference is the final stop in a sequence of ministerial, technical and political meetings.
Subject guides
Follow the issues in detail
Read more about the finance, national plans, loss and damage, just transition, electrification and carbon market decisions heading towards Antalya.
Sources and reusable data
The tracker is built from official conference, presidency and institution sources. Statuses are editorial summaries of those records, not predictions of negotiating outcomes.
- UNFCCC COP31
- Road to Antalya
- COP31 participant information
- COP31 Presidency letters
- COP31 Presidency news
Sources checked 23 July 2026. Next scheduled review 30 July 2026, or earlier after a material COP31 announcement.