A COP31 host-country agreement caps lodging charges at 50% of the daily subsistence allowance for Trust Fund for Participation recipients as Türkiye hosts the U.N.’s annual climate talks in Antalya from Nov. 9-20.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the agreement entered into force Sept. 18. It limits accommodation charges for participants funded through the Trust Fund for Participation to 50% of the daily subsistence allowance. The UNFCCC says the measure is intended to support participation by countries with limited financial capacity.
At the Antalya EXPO Center in Aksu, Antalya, COP31 will convene the UNFCCC’s 31st Conference of the Parties, alongside the Kyoto Protocol’s 21st session and the Paris Agreement’s eighth session. Each year, parties meet at the COP to assess implementation of the Convention and make decisions; the UNFCCC identifies it as the Convention’s highest decision-making forum. The first COP was held in Berlin, Germany, in March 1995, the UNFCCC says.
Türkiye has nominated its Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum as COP31 president. Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen will serve as President of Negotiations and lead formal talks under a Türkiye-Australia arrangement requiring the two governments to consult. Türkiye is also responsible for the Action Agenda.
An April letter from Kurum described an implementation-focused approach and named “Dialogue, Consensus, and Action” as the presidency’s principles. EconoTimes has previously covered the presidency’s 2035 climate benchmarks.
Bowen said Nov. 5 that reaching consensus among nearly 200 countries would be difficult, adding that “cooperation remains essential.”
The UNFCCC usually publishes a provisional participant list on the conference’s opening day and its final list after the meeting closes. Heads of state and government are invited to Antalya for the Nov. 11-12 Leaders’ Summit, whose program includes national statements and roundtables on clean energy, green industry, climate finance and urban resilience.
