COP31: Climate change
COP31 will be the 31st Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held in Antalya, Türkiye.
Last year, all eyes turned to COP30 to deliver the world’s urgent cry for an ambitious approach to climate action. It failed to achieve that goal, so COP31 must become a platform upon which hope can be rebuilt.
In a world of dire outcomes, inaction breeds only greater urgency with each passing year. The more that COP31 fails to achieve, the greater burden is passed to the next set of negotiations, and ultimately to future generations.
This briefing has been published to help IES Members preparing for COP31. This briefing is on an active policy situation, so will be updated periodically.
What's in the briefing?
- Background on COP31 and what to expect
- Our priorities for COP31, reflecting on our key messages for climate action and our 2021 Manifesto for Transformative Change
- All the details of last year's COP30 and the Santa Marta Climate Conference
- A rapid recap on past climate summits: COP26, COP27, COP28, and COP29
- The latest climate developments in the UK
- FAQs, key concepts, and links to other relevant resources
Find out more
- Delve deeper into international climate negotiations with our briefing from last year's summit, COP30, or reading our recap on what happened.
- Find out more about the topic, by watching the 2025 Burntwood Lecture, 'The World after 1.5°C', or find out what happened next at the Santa Marta Climate Conference.
- Take a step towards developing your own policy skills through our training on ‘Understanding environmental policy’ and 'Influencing and Engaging with policy'.
- To support interdisciplinary climate action, join our Climate Action Community, and to support effective policy delivery, join our Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC).
If you want to support the work of the IES, you can become an affiliate, or if you’re a professional in the environmental sector working with science, consider joining the IES.
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