13 November 2026 – The 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) take place in Antalya, Turkey, from November 9 to 20, 2026. At the heart of COP31 lies the growing contradiction between the escalating climate crisis and governments’ continued failure to deliver the decisive action needed to keep the 1.5°C limit within reach, including an immediate and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels rather than reliance on speculative technologies. Deeply unequal access to climate finance, the persistent failure to adequately fund adaptation and address loss and damage, and the continued burdening of the Global South with debt expose the structural injustices undermining global climate action. Meanwhile, the expansion of carbon markets risks entrenching false solutions and prolonging fossil fuel dependence. IDA attendance.