COP29 set the target. COP30 produced the roadmap. As governments turn toward COP31 in Türkiye, the unresolved challenge is how to turn a $1.3 trillion climate-finance ambition into capital that actually flows. At COP29 in Baku, governments agreed that developed countries would take the lead in mobilizing at least $300
LONDON — As London Climate Action Week drew to a close, one message emerged consistently from government leaders, investors and climate experts: sustaining international cooperation may be the world’s greatest climate challenge over the next eighteen months. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and growing pressure on energy
A sweeping vote at the United Nations General Assembly is being viewed by legal experts, climate advocates, and diplomats as a major signal that political momentum around climate accountability is accelerating — even as divisions deepen between vulnerable nations and major fossil fuel producers. The resolution, adopted by a vote
As the world moves from climate pledges to pressure for results, Murat Kurum finds himself at the center of one of the most consequential diplomatic stages. As Türkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, he will serve as President of COP31—a summit already being framed not by ambition alone,
