COP31 President Murat Kurum said the summit presidency wants to develop a decision addressing the risk of exceeding the 1.5-degree warming threshold, one of the talks' stated goals.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) transcript of Kurum's press-conference remarks identifies that risk as the rationale. He also described success as delegates having change and results to point to when the meeting ends. Kurum framed the decision as a goal for the presidency to develop, not an adopted result.
Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said he and Kurum had agreed to seek a presidency-initiated, party-led decision to accelerate climate action.
The UNFCCC lists COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, for Nov. 9-20, with the talks scheduled to continue through Nov. 20.
