On the 9th local time, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in Antalya, Turkey. The 12-day conference will focus on implementing the Convention and its Paris Agreement. The parties will conduct negotiations on important topics such as greenhouse gas emission reduction, climate finance, climate adaptation and resilience, and just transformation. At the opening ceremony, Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, reviewed the progress of global climate action and called on all parties to speed up the implementation of a new round of nationally owned contributions.

On the 9th local time, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in Antalya, Turkey. The 12-day conference will focus on implementing the Convention and its Paris Agreement. The parties will conduct negotiations on important topics such as greenhouse gas emission reduction, climate finance, climate adaptation and resilience, and just transformation. At the opening ceremony, Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, reviewed the progress of global climate action and called on all parties to speed up the implementation of a new round of nationally owned contributions.