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Seven of us are in Antalya, 9 to 20 November, with independent research on how carbon markets and climate finance deliver.

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Sherri Ombuya speaking at a COP29 side event in Baku
Sherri Ombuya at COP29, Baku. Photo: NDF

COP31 in Antalya.

COP31 runs from 9 to 20 November 2026 at the Antalya EXPO Center, Türkiye, under the arrangement reached at COP30: Türkiye hosts the conference while Australia presides over the negotiations. Our team is in Antalya at our booth in the UNFCCC exhibition area and at the side events below. Times are local; rooms are confirmed closer to the date.

At the talks, every year.

Perspectives Climate Research is an accredited observer of the UNFCCC process, and we take part in the climate talks every year. Our founder Axel Michaelowa has attended since COP1 in Berlin, 1995. We supported the COP16, COP18 and COP28 Presidencies.

The full record, COP by COP

What we watch.

  • NDCs 3.0Are the new national plans ambitious enough to stay on a 1.5°C path?
  • Climate finance (NCQG)Putting the USD 1.3 trillion a year goal into practice: who pays, and how it is tracked.
  • Adaptation financeTripling it by 2035, with simpler access for the least developed countries and small island states.
  • Loss and Damage FundIts size, its governance and the World Bank's interim hosting.
  • Article 6 carbon marketsThe technical rules on transfers of emission reductions and on avoiding double counting.
  • Fossil fuel phase-outTurning COP30's hedged language into a concrete roadmap.

Seventeen sessions, one glance.

Each mark is one session, drawn as long as it runs, in Antalya time (UTC+3). Pick one, or a day, and its sessions open below.

  • Our official side events
  • Our pavilion events
  • Where we speak
  • Now
  • Ended

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Week 1 9 to 14 NovemberCulture day Week 2 16 to 20 November 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00

Monday 9 November
Food, Agriculture and Health

16:45

Side Event Room 8, Bergama, Area B1 · UNFCCC side event, led by Tunisia

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

18:30

Side Event Room 4, Aşık Veysel, Area B1 · Our UNFCCC side event, with GPPi and Guinea

Connect with Alicia On the map Add to calendar

Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Alicia Kathrin SchmidOur side event

Tuesday 10 November
Energy and Transport

13:15

Side Event Room 9, Safranbolu, Area B1 · UNFCCC side event, led by ITRI with Paraguay

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

Wednesday 11 November
Zero Waste

Leaders Summit, day 1. The Green Zone is closed to visitors.

Thursday 12 November
Resilient Cities and Built Environment

Leaders Summit, day 2. The Green Zone is closed to visitors.

13:00

Qatar Pavilion, Area B2 · Qatar Pavilion event

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

17:00

SPE6 Theatre · UNFCCC special event

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

Friday 13 November
Finance and Trade

Carbon markets are on today's official agenda. Our busiest day.

10:30

Green Zone · Green Zone event

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Getting there. Green Zone, entrance B, free registration.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

13:15

Side Event Room 8, Bergama, Area B1 · UNFCCC side event, led by RCSD, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences · Axel attends until 14:20

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

14:00

Viet Nam Pavilion, Area B2 · Viet Nam Pavilion, with DCC Viet Nam, UNDP and UNOPS · Axel speaks 14:40 to 15:15

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

16:45

Side Event Room 5, Hattuşa, Area B1 · UNFCCC side event, led by ICAT

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

Saturday 14 November
Children, Youth, Education and Skills

12:30

IETA Pavilion, Area B2 · Our IETA Pavilion event

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Alicia Kathrin SchmidOur pavilion event

12:30

CDR Pavilion, Area B2 · CDR Pavilion event

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

15:00

IETA Business Hub, C525, Area B2 · Our roundtable, led by Perspectives

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Stephan Hoch and Alicia Kathrin SchmidOur pavilion event

Sunday 15 November
A Breath in Antalya

Sunday: the social and cultural programme.

Monday 16 November
Science, Industry and Technology

10:00

ISA Pavilion, Area B2 · Article 6 Accelerator, International Solar Alliance

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

16:00

Pavilion event · Organised by GIZ

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Alicia Kathrin SchmidSpeaker slot

17:00

Arab Pavilion, Green Zone · Hosted by Climate Balanced, moderated by Sami Homsi

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Getting there. Green Zone, entrance B, free registration.

Axel MichaelowaSpeaker slot

Tuesday 17 November
Ocean, Seas, Nature and Land Use

The Rio synergy day.

13:15

Side Event Room 4, Aşık Veysel, Area B1 · Our UNFCCC side event, with Togo and ICD

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Igor Shishlov and Laila DarouichOur side event

Wednesday 18 November
Human, Social Development and Gender

Thursday 19 November
İmece: Enhancing Implementation

Capacity, investment-ready projects and access to finance.

14:00

IDFC Pavilion, Area B2 · IDFC Pavilion event

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Getting there. Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge needed. The map below shows the way from entrance A.

Stephan HochSpeaker slot

Friday 20 November
Final Negotiations

The last scheduled day; talks often run over.

Where to find us.

Our stops on one line from the Blue Zone entrance, with the venue's own area and room names. Not to scale.

Official venue map Plan your travel

  1. Entrance A

    Blue Zone, UNFCCC badge

    Start here

  2. Booth 40

    UNFCCC exhibits

    Our meeting point in week 1, 9 to 14 November

  3. Pavilions

    Area B2

    Qatar · Viet Nam · IETA · CDR · IETA Business Hub, C525 · ISA · IDFC

  4. Side-event rooms

    Area B1

    Room 8, Bergama · Room 4, Aşık Veysel · Room 9, Safranbolu · Room 5, Hattuşa

Green Zone, entrance B, free registration; closed to visitors on 11 and 12 November.Booth 40 is run by Perspectives Climate Research with ICD, UZH, ETH Zurich and ClimateNet, in week 1 (9 to 14 November).

The Perspectives team with conference badges at COP29 in Baku
COP29, BakuCOP31, Antalya

Seven of us, two weeks.

Pick a person and your message goes straight to them; they reply when the conference allows. Week 1: 9 to 14 November. Week 2: 16 to 20 November.

  • Axel Michaelowa

    Axel Michaelowa

    Senior Founding Partner

    Both weeks

    Article 6, carbon markets, climate policy

    Connect

  • Alicia Kathrin Schmid

    Alicia Kathrin Schmid

    Consultant

    Both weeks

    PACM, the West African Alliance

    Connect

  • Sergi Cuadrat

    Sergi Cuadrat

    Managing Director for Carbon Markets

    Week 1

    PACM, buying credits you can defend

    Connect

  • Annika Wallengren

    Annika Wallengren

    Consultant

    Week 1

    Article 6 policy and authorisation

    Connect

  • Stephan Hoch

    Stephan Hoch

    Partner

    Both weeks

    Article 6 demand, Africa's carbon market infrastructure

    Connect

  • Laila Darouich

    Laila Darouich

    Head of Climate Negotiations and Diplomacy

    Both weeks

    Negotiation support, debt-for-carbon swaps

    Connect

  • Igor Shishlov

    Igor Shishlov

    Managing Director for Climate Policy

    Week 2

    Climate finance, debt-for-carbon swaps, funding research

    Connect

Antalya, unpacked.

Axel Michaelowa's traditional post-COP webinar. For decades he has explained the COP outcomes in plain terms; this year, what COP31 decided and what it means for COP32. Free of charge, in two sessions for different time zones.

Updates from Antalya on LinkedIn

Independent research, funded in the open.

Perspectives Climate Research is our non-profit research arm, kept apart from our advisory work so the evidence stays independent.

Talk to us about funding it

  • UNOPS
  • FAO
  • NDC Partnership
  • European Union
  • Swedish Energy Agency
  • BMBF
  • German Federal Environment Ministry
  • GIZ
  • International Climate Initiative
  • German Energy Agency
  • Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE)
  • Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  • UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • UK PACT
  • IGES
  • ClimateWorks Foundation
  • European Climate Foundation
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • German Institute for Development Evaluation

Read up, look back.

What our experts point people to before the talks, with our negotiator training. Hover a cover for the gist; the full record, recordings and our reporting follow below.

From February 17-20, 2026, an in-person workshop took place in Abuja, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s capacity and leadership in international climate negotiations.Read it Insight, 2026 Perspectives Organises Climate Negotiator Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria The guidance unpacks the core COP29 decisions and highlights key implications for host countries, activity participants, investors & intermediaries, designated operational entities, and independent caRead it Report, 2025 Guidance for stakeholders on applying COP29 Article 6 decisions This paper discusses the latest developments in negotiations on matters related to authorisation and the characteristics of authorisations taking place on the ground.Read it Discussion paper, 2024 Key issues regarding Article 6 authorisation COP29 marked a series of significant achievements, including the adoption of a new climate finance target to replace the current USD 100 billion per annum and a pivotal agreement to advance the operatRead it Insight, 2024 A new era of climate finance and carbon markets? Key COP29 outcomes This guide to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is part of a series of publications intended to make the United Nations climate change process more accessible.Read it Guide, 2022 Pocket guide to Article 6 under the Paris Agreement After 2020, international carbon markets will transition from the Kyoto Mechanisms - governed in a top down fashion - to the Paris Agreement which is structured in a bottom up sense.Read it Handbook, 2021 Article 6 Negotiations Handbook for Eastern Africa

The full record, COP by COP Recordings of our side events Our reporting around the COPs

Side events · COP29 · Baku, Azerbaijan

Aayushi Singh speaking at a UNFCCC side event at COP29 in Baku
Aayushi Singh Photo: IISD
Sherri Ombuya speaking at a COP29 side event in Baku
Sherri Ombuya Photo: NDF

Side-event recordings

Building on lessons learned: setting a high bar for the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body’s work COP28 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Debt-for-climate swaps as an innovative and underused instrument of climate finance? COP28 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Decoding the needs for carbon market readiness in Africa COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording Emerging technologies to tackle climate change: electric vehicles COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording Carbon removal COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording The landscape of Article 6 implementation: state of play and key developments COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording How can public development banks contribute to fair carbon markets? COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording Insights and lessons learned from Article 6 implementation in NDC Partnership member countries COP28 · Pavilion event Play recording Policy, regulatory and climate finance development scenarios for renewable energy in Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia’s updated NDC COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Policy developments for carbon dioxide removal: experiences from research and practice COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording How can SIDS harness capacity building for Article 6 cooperation? COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Exploring Article 6 cooperation opportunities in the Maghreb and African region COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Moving towards Article 6 implementation through capacity building and blending with climate finance COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording CDM transition in the context of ambition increase through Article 6 COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Palestine’s main achievements under PAF and NDC-P: Article 6 and NDC implementation plans COP27 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Aligning export finance with the Paris Agreement: high time to phase out fossil fuels COP26 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Aligning finance with the Paris Agreement and unlocking $100 billion COP26 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Harnessing synergies between carbon markets and climate finance for achieving ambitious NDCs COP26 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording Article 6 readiness and CDM transition, key pillars of NDC implementation COP26 · UNFCCC official side event Play recording

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Our reporting around the COPs

All news and events
24 Nov 2025 · News UK and ASEAN Launch Climate Policy Initiative at COP30 to Accelerate Green Transition 10 Nov 2025 · Event Perspectives at COP30 13 Mar 2025 · Event Advising Taiwan on Global Carbon Market Integration 19 Feb 2025 · Event Article 6 and E-Mobility: Carbon Credits for Africa's Clean Transport Future 9 Dec 2024 · News A new era of climate finance and carbon markets? Key COP29 outcomes 5 Nov 2024 · News Perspectives at COP29

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