{"id":86619,"date":"2026-10-22T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=86619"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:59:56","slug":"cop31-antalya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/86619\/cop31-antalya\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s at stake at COP31 Antalya and why it matters for global climate safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Protest against High Energy Bills and Toxic Fossil Gas in Brussels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z.jpg\" alt=\"Activists from 17 countries together with the PeopleVsGas coalition supported by Greenpeace Belgium and other organisations protest in Brussels. They demand a short term emergency plan to shield people from increasing energy costs, and to establish a clear roadmap for Europe to phase out fossil gas by 2035. European policymakers are set to take crucial decisions for the bloc\u2019s energy future.\" class=\"wp-image-86609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0suam9z-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists from 17 countries together with the PeopleVsGas coalition supported by Greenpeace Belgium and other organisations protest in Brussels. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Eric De Mildt \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-beige-100-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With exceptionally high land and ocean surface temperatures triggering wild climate extremes, governments must accelerate efforts to solve the escalating climate crisis at COP31 Antalya.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oil and gas companies and nature destroyers continued to profit at the public\u2019s expense as communities increasingly face so-called \u2018natural disasters\u2019.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geopolitical tensions exposed the inherent risk of fossil fuels reliance and led to fossilflation, COP31 Antalya offers renewed hope of a transition away from fossil fuels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a year of exceptionally high land and ocean surface temperatures that have triggered wild climate extremes, the annual UN climate talks will again put governments in the spotlight. <a href=\"https:\/\/cop.sifiratikvakfi.org\/en\/about\/\">The COP31 summit<\/a> will be held in Antalya, T\u00fcrkiye in November and poses a critical question to governments: how will they accelerate their efforts to solve the escalating climate crisis?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That question holds an unfortunate truth: for too long too many governments have failed to ratchet up action with the urgency needed. As a result, oil and gas companies and nature destroyers have continued to profit at the public\u2019s expense as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/85518\/natural-disasters-2026-heat-fires-oil-gas-climate-renewables\/\">communities increasingly face so-called \u2018natural disasters\u2019<\/a> such as wildfires, drought and torrential rainfalls.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time the tide turned! In a year in which the US\/Israel war on Iran and geopolitical tension further exposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/84890\/fossilflation-cost-of-living-crisis-fossil-fuel-shock\/\">inherent risk of oil and gas and led to fossilflation<\/a>, this year\u2019s climate COP offers renewed hope of change to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels \u2013 the single biggest driver of the climate crisis \u2013 and to end and reverse forest destruction.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many people though, COPs sound like political speeches and photo ops disconnected from everyday life. But they are also one of the key tools we have to tackle the climate crisis together because they are the place where governments make critical decisions that impact us all. So the COP is a moment where governments must listen to our voices and take action for the planet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the climate COP?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COP stands for Conference of the Parties, the annual UN climate summit held under the <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change\">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)<\/a>, the international treaty established in 1992. Currently, 198 parties participate in the UNFCCC and these countries meet at COPs to negotiate how to limit global heating, cut greenhouse gas emissions and support communities already affected by climate impacts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRRwmTOjJM8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRRwmTOjJM8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async onerror=\"var a=document.createElement('script');a.src='https:\/\/iframely.net\/files\/instagram_embed.js';document.body.appendChild(a);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What have COPs achieved?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at times progress has been far too slow, finally at COP21 in Paris in 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/the-paris-agreement\">Paris Agreement<\/a> was reached. This landmark moment saw governments agree to hold temperature increases to \u201cwell below 2\u00b0C\u201d and aim for 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels \u2013 a planetary boundary beyond which climate risks escalate. It represented a turning point in efforts to curb global warming.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, the Paris Agreement gave the world a new direction and accelerated the clean energy transition. National policies have led to the projected temperature increase falling from just below 4\u00b0C at the time of adoption of the agreement to just below 3\u00b0C today. There is still a large 1.5\u00b0C ambition gap, however, and the UNEP\u2019s Emissions Gap Report 2026 has said we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/86594\/time-for-governments-to-wake-up-and-bridge-the-1-5c-emissions-gap-greenpeace\/\">could reach global warming of up to 2.8\u00b0C<\/a> this century if current government policies continue.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another pivotal moment arrived at COP28 in Dubai in 2023, when a COP decision for the first time called for <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/news\/cop28-agreement-signals-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-era\">a transition away from fossil fuels<\/a> and where governments also committed to end forest destruction by 2030. It was an historic moment, but at the time Greenpeace also warned: \u201cLeaders must now commit to a full, fast, fair and funded fossil fuel phase-out\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now, momentum towards a just transition away from fossil fuels is gathering pace. Last year, at COP30 in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/80203\/happy-anniversary-to-the-paris-agreement-a-10-year-review-of-climate-action-setbacks-and-the-fight-to-keep-1-5c-alive\/\">when the world celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement<\/a> \u2013 more than 80 parties backed a proposed roadmap to end fossil fuels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/79935\/climate-forest-protection-roadmaps-slashed-cop30-outcome-people-demand-change\/\">that roadmap did not become part of the final COP30 outcome<\/a>, but it showed that while there were some countries still clinging onto oil and gas, there were many others ready to plan for and implement a post-fossil-fuel future. The next challenge is turning that into action.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COP31: the urgency of action ahead of a looming 1.5\u00b0C overshoot&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scale of the problem was set out in an heartbreaking report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in September, when it said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/en\/publications\/report\/limiting-overshoot-navigating-exceedance-15degc-and-pathways-towards-return\">we expect to head beyond the 1.5\u00b0C threshold within the next few years<\/a>. It called on governments to minimise the extent and length of any overshoot and accelerate climate action to help reduce temperatures in the long-term.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even in the best case scenario, the UNEP said that our temperature rise is still expected to hit 1.8\u00b0C before declining. This is why Greenpeace is demanding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/85664\/why-the-unep-1-5c-overshoot-report-must-be-an-urgent-call-to-action-on-climate-change\/\">governments urgently respond<\/a> by rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels and ending forest destruction to minimise the threat.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Amazon Ash Art Performance by Artivist Mundano Demands Action for Forests at COP30 in Belem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah.jpg\" alt=\"Brazilian artivist Mundano delivered, in partnership with Greenpeace a striking art installation to demand world leaders take bold action for forests at COP30. Mundano wrote the message \u201cCOP30: Rise for Forests\u201d with transparent ink, and used ashes taken from forest fires in the Amazon to reveal the text.\" class=\"wp-image-86608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7hah-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brazilian artivist Mundano delivered, in partnership with Greenpeace a striking art installation to demand world leaders take bold action for forests at COP30. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Filipe Bispo \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s on the agenda for COP31?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s COP is unique because it is being hosted by both <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/cop31\/the-road-to-antalya\">T\u00fcrkiye and Australia<\/a>, the first UN climate summit where the powers of the COP presidency is being split between two countries. It\u2019s an unusual arrangement where Australia will chair the COP\u2019s negotiations \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/news\/australias-climate-credibility-tested-at-pacific-pre-cop-talks-as-high-court-fossil-fuel-ruling-puts-government-on-notice\/\">a role it must now live up to<\/a> after pledging to undertake it in meaningful partnership with the Pacific.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is why the preparatory pre-COP \u2013 an important milestone on the road to COP31 \u2013 was held in Nadi, Fiji, in October as part of an Australia-Pacific presidency. That\u2019s where some of the key Pacific expectations for COP31 were presented: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/news\/large-flotilla-brings-pacific-voices-and-message-to-leaders-at-pre-cop-meeting-keep-1-5c-alive\/\">keep 1.5\u00b0C within reach<\/a>, make climate finance accessible to frontline communities and place the ocean at the heart of the climate agenda.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dual-presidency role has also seen T\u00fcrkiye present a <a href=\"https:\/\/cop31.tr\/news-detail\/cop31-35-by-35-global-electrification-pledge\">COP31 Presidency\u2019s electrification pledge<\/a>, aiming to increase electricity\u2019s share of global final energy consumption to 35 % by 2035. It was a goal also backed by Australia to make COP31 an \u2018Electrification COP\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Greenpeace has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/84068\/cop31-electrification-welcome-but-insufficient-without-ending-fossil-fuels\/\">welcomed the presidency\u2019s electrification target<\/a>, it must not distract from the central issue: ending the extraction and expansion of fossil fuels because electrification alone will not solve the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments do on fossil fuels at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, governments must translate the COP28 commitment made in the global stocktake to transition away from fossil fuels into actionable national plans. In the wake of the perils fossil fuel dependency has brought this year amid the fall-out from the US\/Israel war on Iran, COP31 must signal a firm commitment to a new path \u2013 one anchored in renewables-based electrification and an active wind-down of fossil fuels as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/04\/e4040a7b-a-just-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels.pdf\">fast, fair and funded just transition<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially, what governments need to do is to reaffirm and accelerate efforts to the energy goals agreed at COP28:<strong> <\/strong>tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 by accelerating a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels in this critical decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenpeace is also calling for the \u201835 by 35\u2019 electrification goal to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/09\/fb9905a7-policy-briefing-an-electrification-goal-for-a-fossil-free-future.pdf\">credible pathway to displace fossil fuels from electricity generation<\/a>. Renewable power generation should increase to at least 75% by 2035 as part of a phase down of fossil fuels, backed by finance, technology and capacity building support tailored to Global South countries\u2019 sectoral and infrastructure needs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are also calling on governments to present national action and roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels \u2013 building on the landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/transitionawayconference.com\/about\">Santa Marta conference<\/a> \u2013 with developed countries taking the lead. And the establishment of a Just Transition Mechanism to coordinate fragmented global efforts and accelerate international finance and capacity support for just transition.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"End of Fossil Fuel Protest in Durban\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7.jpg\" alt=\"Greenpeace volunteers and supporters in Durban join a global mobilisation to end the Fossil Fuel era.\nWith over 700 marches and other actions in more than 60 countries and 600,000 participants worldwide 15-17 September, the global climate movement is more diverse and united than ever before. The main event was a climate march in New York City, where world leaders gathered for the UN General Assembly and the UN Secretary-General is convening a \u201cno-nonsense\u201d Climate Ambition Summit.\nGreenpeace Africa marched in eight cities in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and South Africa. In Durban, Greenpeace activists who collected plastic waste reminded us: \u201c99% of plastics are made from oil &amp; gas. End plastic pollution. End fossil fuels.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-86610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0stxqu7-510x287.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace volunteers and supporters in Durban join a global mobilisation to end the Fossil Fuel era.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments do for forests at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, Greenpeace is calling on governments to establish an implementation and accountability framework capable of delivering the 2030 forest and biodiversity targets. Forests stand at the crossroads of climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation. Their fate is being put at risk by the deep fragmentation of the global forest governance landscape.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenpeace argues one of&nbsp; the problems is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/06\/03f26e84-beyond-deforestation_-ecosystem-integrity-and-the-emerging-legal-paradigm.pdf\">existing frameworks underestimate the significance of forest degradation<\/a> by focusing primarily on deforestation, while failing to adequately address impacts from logging, next to extractive activity and global commodity supply chains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts to achieve the 2030 forest and biodiversity targets previously agreed under separate UN conventions must accelerate, through an inclusive, participatory, multi-stakeholder coordination process that also improves accountability and bridges the gaps between finance and delivery.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the global community&#8217;s failure to reach ambitious decisions on forests at COP30 in the Amazon, the Brazil-led 2030 Forest Roadmap initiative offers a critical opportunity to turn commitments and agreed targets into action. The question no longer is whether forests will remain standing, but they will remain functioning.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There can be no 1.5\u00b0C solution without work to end and reverse forest destruction and at COP31, states need to establish an implementation and accountability framework that can deliver the 2030 forest and biodiversity targets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZPfR6OON9O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZPfR6OON9O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async onerror=\"var a=document.createElement('script');a.src='https:\/\/iframely.net\/files\/instagram_embed.js';document.body.appendChild(a);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments do for climate finance and to make polluters pay at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, it is vital that developed countries announce ambitious multi-year post-2025 commitments that reflect their fair share in delivering the US$300 billion climate finance goal established at COP29. As 2026 has painfully laid bare, devastating climate impacts have significantly intensified, but conversely richer developed countries have cut back, rather than stepped up their public finance to disproportionately impacted Global South and climate vulnerable countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s thus critical that COP31 helps bridge the gap between what developed countries are providing and ensure they fulfil their international climate finance obligations.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, a new US$300 billion climate finance goal was established to pay for mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage in disproportionately impacted Global South&nbsp;countries. Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/71474\/cop29-ends-weak-climate-finance-goal-eyes-turn-belem\/\">woefully inadequate to meet the needs of climate vulnerable states<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s vital that developed countries announce ambitious multi-year post-2025 commitments that reflect their fair share in delivering the goal by 2035.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are clear ways to help plug the finance gap through progressive environmental taxation, such as ensuring wealthy polluting oil and gas corporations and the super-rich are held to account for their climate damages. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/press-releases\/fossil-fuel-companies-projected-earn-almost-3000-second-2026-while-families-struggle\">oil and gas companies book mega profits<\/a>, COP31 can help unlock progress by endorsing the principle of progressive taxation.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Activists Reveal MASSIVE Climate Polluters\u2019 Bill at the Gateway to the Amazon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn.jpg\" alt=\"The Climate Polluters\u2019 Bill comes to a massive US Trillion: an estimate of the economic damage of five corporations (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies ) over the past decade.\nThe bill also covered  in around 200 extreme weather events that have struck since the Paris Agreement was adopted almost a decade ago.\nThe climate polluters bill sends a simple message to politicians: it is time to make the fossil fuel industry pay for the damage they have caused.\" class=\"wp-image-86611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/ddb2f846-gp0su7esn-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Climate Polluters\u2019 Bill comes to a massive US$5 Trillion: an estimate of the economic damage of five corporations (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies ) over the past decade.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Tuane Fernandes \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The people\u2019s voice at COP31<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While not everyone of us can attend the COPs to demand change, it\u2019s critical that civil society, Indigenous Peoples, youth and activists are inside the UN venue to hold governments accountable, to challenge greenwash and to amplify voices that too often go unheard.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/nov\/14\/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30\">corporate lobbyists from fossil fuel giants<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2025\/11\/18\/more-than-300-lobbyists-for-industrial-agriculture-are-attending-cop30\/\">meat and dairy companies<\/a> prowl the UNFCCC system to try and exert influence over the outcome, Greenpeace attends the COPs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DRPj-TkD8jn\/\">challenge<\/a> and expose them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re also there to maintain the pressure on politicians to ensure they act in the interest of people, not profit, and make the urgent changes our world demands. It\u2019s far from perfect, but the path to keep 1.5\u00b0C alive also runs through the COP and it\u2019s long past time they led to accelerated action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greenpeace policy briefing: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/10\/f5aef257-greenpeace-cop31-priorities-and-expectations.pdf\">COP31 priorities and expectations<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-74404 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/the-polluters-pay-pact\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/08\/d5bfefeb-gp0su24fq-edited.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/08\/d5bfefeb-gp0su24fq-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/08\/d5bfefeb-gp0su24fq-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/08\/d5bfefeb-gp0su24fq-edited-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/08\/d5bfefeb-gp0su24fq-edited.jpg 802w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Massive Drought in Romania. \u00a9 Mihai Militaru \/ Greenpeace\" title=\"Massive Drought in Romania. \u00a9 Mihai Militaru \/ Greenpeace\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/the-polluters-pay-pact\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolluters Pay Pact\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/the-polluters-pay-pact\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Join the movement\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-beige-100-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the climate COP?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COP stands for Conference of the Parties. It is an annual UN climate summit held under the <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change\">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) where governments<\/a> negotiate how to limit global heating and support communities affected by climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments achieve on fossil fuels at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, governments must translate the COP28 commitment to transition away from fossil fuels into actionable national roadmaps. Key demands include ramping global renewable power generation to 75% by 2035 and establishing an international Just Transition Mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments do for forests at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, states need to establish an implementation and accountability framework capable of delivering the 2030 forest and biodiversity targets. There can be no 1.5\u00b0C solution without work to end and reverse forest destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must governments do for climate finance and to make polluters pay at COP31?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At COP31, it is vital that developed countries announce ambitious multi-year post-2025 commitments that reflect their fair share in delivering the US$300 billion climate finance goal established at COP29.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@graph\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Article\",\n      \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/86619\/cop31-antalya\/\",\n      \"headline\": \"What's at stake at COP31 Antalya and why it matters for global climate safety\",\n      \"description\": \"COP31 poses a critical question to governments: how will they accelerate their efforts to solve the escalating climate crisis?\",\n      \"hasPart\": {\n        \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n        \"mainEntity\": [\n          {\n            \"@type\": \"Question\",\n            \"name\": \"What is the climate COP?\",\n            \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n              \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n              \"text\": \"COP stands for Conference of the Parties. 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