UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, on 9 November

The 31st UN climate conference, COP31, opens Monday, 9 November, in Antalya, Türkiye (Turkey), and runs until 20 November. Representatives of 197 countries are expected. COP stands for Conference of the Parties, the yearly meeting of countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty on responding to global warming. Türkiye hosts for the first time.