The Big Question: Is COP31 really the implementation COP?
Media Advisory: Press Conference
9 November, 2026
Antalya, Turkey – As the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicks off, the big question is: can COP31 really be the ‘implementation COP’ if climate finance continues to be a contentious issue?
Climate finance has been put front and centre with three new agenda items that are now being actively blocked by Global North countries while they continue to stall climate action by pitting science against equity. At the same time, Big Polluters are using the 1.5C overshoot to push for more false solutions while the future of the Just Transition Mechanism hangs in the balance.
Join speakers from the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) as they unpack the major fights brewing within the negotiation rooms and highlight the key issues that the Global South will be raising and advocating during the two weeks of climate negotiations.
WHEN: 9 November 2026 | 11AM Antalya Time (8AM GMT) online link
WHERE: Press Conference 2, Area D4
WHO:
- Meena Raman, Third World Network
- Lidy Nacpil, Asians’ Peoples Movement on Debt and Development
- Lise Masson, Friends of the Earth International
- Elodie Guillon, World Animal Protection
- Rachitaa Gupta, Moderator
For interviews and other queries:
Juliah Kibochi & Sidharth Pandey
