COP31: live updates as governments meet to accelerate climate action

Greenpeace live blog coverage of COP31

The world's governments are gathering in Antalya, Türkiye for the annual UN climate change conference COP31, coming at a time of profound geopolitical challenges and climate instability, but also opportunities for change in a just transition away from fossil fuels.

COP31 will be held from 9-20 November 2026 and Greenpeace will be covering the conference with a live blog, bringing you regular updates and insights. Check back here for rolling updates throughout the coming two weeks.

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Greenpeace Türkiye displays giant banner calling for 1.5°C action

November 6

On the eve of COP31, Greenpeace Türkiye activists unveiled a massive banner on the Konyaalti Beach in Antalya, calling on countries to use this year's climate summit as a moment to make real progress in global efforts to address the escalating climate crisis.

This year's annual climate summit will be the first since the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared in a landmark report in September that the world will overshoot the 1.5°C global warming limit set out in the Paris Agreement, likely within the next few years.

It was a heartbreaking moment, the type of news that must finally spark governments into action. Greenpeace is calling on countries meeting in Antalya to respond with the urgency that has been absent for too long. That means ensuring progress towards a fair, fast and funded transition away from fossil fuels and ending forest destruction by 2030, as agreed at COP28.

The Greenpeace Türkiye banner said COP31: KEEP 1.5°C ALIVE and was large enough to be photographed by a passing satellite as a symbol of our planetary plight. It was the first time Greenpeace had used a satellite to take an image of a banner.

The giant banner was photographed by a passing Planet Labs PBC Pelican satellite at 1205 (TRT). The satellite imagery was obtained and processed by Earth observation experts from the Greenpeace International Global Mapping Hub.