- The 31st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP31) will be held in Antalya, Türkiye from November 9 to 20, 2026.
- The mid-year climate change conference (UNFCCC SB64) took place from June 8 to 18, 2026 in Bonn, Germany.
This year UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya will be planned under the Türkiye-Australia Partnership Modalities, introducing a dual-leadership structure. Under this arrangement, Türkiye serves as the COP President, while Australia assumes the role of President of Negotiations. COP31 will focus on implementation to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Leading up to COP31, the mid-year climate conference (SB64) in Bonn, Germany was an important opportunity to build momentum with international stakeholders and negotiators.
The First Edition of Conservation International’s policy recommendations for COP31 are available here in English, French and Spanish. A Final Edition will be published following the conclusion of the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body meeting (SBM22) with recommendations on advancing nature under Article 6.4.
Conservation International will be co-hosting an official side event with Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection, Friendship, and Rare on Wednesday 11 November at 18:30. The session will explore nature as infrastructure and scaling coastal ecosystem-based solutions for adaptation and Loss & Damage.
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Conservation International’s engagement focuses on elevating the role of nature-based solutions to climate change — such as protecting forests, mangroves and peatlands — to limit global warming and help communities adapt to climate change.
Conservation International coordinates with partners representing diverse sectors to galvanize action on these issues — both in and outside of the negotiation rooms. By engaging with key decision-makers and global stakeholders to advance discussions and implement commitments made in previous climate conferences, we help set the groundwork to accelerate climate action by governments and the private sector.
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change COP31 – Antalya
The Conference of the Parties (COP) refers to the annual meeting of the 198 parties of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
This year’s U.N. climate change conference in Antalya, Türkiye will aim to accelerate the implementation of solutions to climate change, with focus areas including climate finance delivery, ocean-climate action, synergies between reaching climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals under the Rio Conventions, and food security, among other priorities of the Turkish and Australian Presidencies.
As part of the Türkiye-Australia Partnership Modalities, COP31 will also advance key issues of importance for Pacific island nations and the Pre-COP meetings will be held in Fiji and Tuvalu, which will allow Pacific voices to help shape priorities from the outset—bringing governments, Indigenous leaders, experts, and civil society into the process. Discussions at COP31 will be critical to follow up on implementation efforts agreed in Brazil – both in and out of negotiations – such as on the Mission to 1.5C, the Global Implementation Accelerator, the Belem Adaptation Indicators and Baku Adaptation Roadmap, Baku to Belem Roadmap to $1.3T and the forthcoming Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation. Parties will also provide guidance on the ongoing work from the technical body which is developing standards for projects and programs to be eligible for the UN-centralized carbon crediting mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. During formal negotiations in Antalya, Conservation International will advise countries on the need to accelerate support and incentives for nature-based solutions for climate action.
For COP31, Conservation International recommendations (summarized) are:
Deliver high-impact solutions to advance ocean and coastal ecosystems across the UNFCCC agenda
- Create a structured, multi-year development plan for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue.
- Invite the SCF to appoint an oceans focal point to integrate ocean-related issues.
- Advance outcomes on scaling and increasing access to finance for ocean-based climate solutions.
- Highlight ocean and coastal ecosystems within efforts related to Rio Convention cooperation and operationalization of the Belém Adaptation Indicators.
Prioritize support for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in efforts on the GGA
- Operationalize the Belém Adaptation Indicators with strong technical foundations that support robust EbA deployment within needed work to improve metadata and methodologies.
- Ensure efforts to implement the GGA mobilize readiness, capacity-building and financial support for EbA.
Advance cooperation between the Rio Conventions for synergetic action on nature
- Ensure the Executive Secretary works with the other Rio Convention Secretariats to advance collaboration and coherence; strengthen the operational and technical capacities of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) to provide support to countries on planning and reporting; enhance transparency and engagement of stakeholders; and resource the JLG commensurate with its responsibilities.
Our approach
Conservation International helps countries achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through conserving, restoring and sustainably managing nature by providing policy recommendations, scientific models, tools and funding platforms for implementing natural climate solutions at scale. We envision a world where nature’s contribution to addressing climate change is maximized — meaning natural climate solutions are implemented to their fullest potential for mitigating climate change — and are also fully deployed in places where ecosystems can help vulnerable populations adapt to the already-present and future effects of climate change.
We work alongside Indigenous Peoples and local communities to achieve the Paris Agreements’ goals, as they are the stewards of lands that contain almost a quarter of the world’s land-based carbon and are on the front lines of climate change. To recognize the importance of these stakeholders, our policy advocacy works to connect Indigenous Peoples and local communities to funding, training and technology and raise their voices under the ongoing negotiations.
Protecting, sustainably managing and restoring natural ecosystems such as forests and wetlands can provide at least 30 percent of the global action needed to limit average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Yet nature conservation currently receives only 3 percent of global climate finance. The financing gap for climate mitigation needed in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors is larger than the financing gap to mitigate climate change in other sectors (energy, transport and industry) — and does not account for the billions of dollars that continue to flow into practices that destroy nature and drive greenhouse gas emissions. Estimates show nature-related climate action requires between about US$ 100-300 billion a year in funding — about 10 to 30 times what’s currently available — to meet the Paris Agreement’s targets. Through our policy advocacy and engagements with public and private sector we aim to narrow this gap to ensure nature’s potential is unleashed.
As we passed the 1.5 degree warming threshold for the first time in 2024, this is a critical time for countries to update and accelerate the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions — their targets for achieving the Paris Agreement — and for the international community to provide additional technical and financial support.
Natural climate solutions, which are essential to achieving the Paris Agreement’s goals, provide opportunities for countries to increase their climate ambition; they must be part of countries’ NDCs and complementary Paris Agreement mechanisms. Harnessing the full potential of nature to mitigate climate change — and help communities adapt to its impacts — is critical to the success of the Paris Agreement.
While progress has been made in enhancing climate ambitions and securing implementation support, stronger targets, more decisive actions and increased financial resources are still needed. These steps are vital to mitigating severe climate impacts and helping communities adapt effectively. The actions we take now will profoundly shape our climate future.