“COP” stands for “Conference of the Parties”. It’s the annual meeting where nations come together to assess progress, or lack thereof, in meeting the challenge of Climate Change.
The Mediterranean city of Antalya is no stranger to history. Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans have all left their mark on this stretch of Türkiye’s southern coast. Now, as nearly 200 countries gather here for the latest UN climate summit, COP31, the question is whether they can add a new chapter of their own by turning decades of climate promises into action.
Inside the vast conference venue, the Turkish tulip featured in the COP31 logo is a recurring sight as participants navigate long corridors leading to national pavilions and negotiating rooms.
Beyond the bustle of the conference halls, the stakes are high. As extreme weather impacts mo
Forget the U.S. midterms. Another election has dominated the attention of diplomats at the global climate talks in Turkey.
Newly reelected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva got a hero’s reception wherever he appeared at the U.N. conference in Antalya on Wednesday.
Under Lula, deforestation in the Amazon — a key driver of climate change — has reached its lowest levels in 40 years. Climate campaigners feared that Bolsonaro, like his father before him, would have unpacked environmental protections.
And that is why, for many climate diplomats in Turkey, it was the Brazil election — not the U.S. midterms — that will prove to be the one that really mattered for climate.
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But not everyone is celebrating – my old buddy, climate denial warrior Marc Morano showed up on Fox News to warn about the rebirth of the “Green New Deal”.
Aside from Green paranoia, the US right wing was also reacting with a healthy dose of racism, bigotry, and Islamophobia.