10/19/2026
Webinar Oct 22, 2026 10am MT.
UN climate summits are all but synonymous with low expectations — long on rhetoric, short on action. But there are concrete reasons why COP31 could be different. Held in Turkey from November 9 to 20, COP31 takes place days after US elections that nonpartisan experts project will cost President Donald Trump his rubber-stamp control of the US Congress. COP31 will also test the power of a potential economic superpower, the 80-plus countries in the “coalition of the willing” refusing to allow petro-states to continue vetoing a global phaseout of fossil fuels. Register:
UN climate summits are all but synonymous with low expectations — long on rhetoric, short on action. But there are concrete reasons why COP31 could be different. Held in Turkey from November 9 to 20, COP31 takes place days after US elections that nonpartisan experts project will cost President Don...