COP31 Opens in Antalya as Climate Negotiators Face a Harder Test: Delivery, Not Declarations
Thousands of delegates, lobbyists, and journalists have converged on Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, where the annual UN climate talks are expected to test whether governments can move beyond familiar pledges and into measurable implementation. This year’s summit arrives amid intensifying pressure over emissions cuts, climate finance, and the credibility of multilateral climate diplomacy, even as the broader global agenda is increasingly crowded by energy security, industrial policy, and geopolitical strain.
