Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?

From 9-20 November, world leaders, ministers and high-ranking officials from more than 190 countries are expected to convene in Antalya in Turkey, for the annual UN climate talks. This year, the summit will be hosted by Turkey, but in an unusual twist the negotiations will be presided over by Australia in a compromise deal struck after the two countries vied for the presidency.

While nearly all of the 196 original signatories of the 2015 Paris climate agreement are expected to be present, one glaring absence will be the US, whose president, Donald Trump, has withdrawn from Paris.

How will co-convening work?

5C above pre-industrial levels.