The United Nations’ COP31 climate conference is scheduled to open Monday in Antalya, Türkiye, with talks running through Nov. 20. The meeting brings governments together to negotiate climate action and assess how countries will carry out commitments made at earlier summits.

The talks are opening after a year marked by destructive weather events, rising temperatures and energy-price pressure, Associated Press reporting says. Reuters’ preview of the coming week also lists the climate meeting among major international events, with more than 80 world leaders expected to attend.

One central challenge will be moving from national pledges to implementation. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says COP31 will bring governments and other participants together for negotiations, the World Climate Action Summit, country pavilions and other events. The conference agenda includes both reducing emissions and strengthening resilience to climate impacts.

Türkiye is hosting the summit, while Australia will chair the formal negotiations, according to the UNFCCC. The conference follows a preparatory meeting and leaders’ event held in the Pacific in October, placing climate-vulnerable island states in the lead-up to the Antalya talks.

Negotiators will face competing pressures: countries are balancing energy security and affordability with calls for faster emissions cuts, while communities seek funding to prepare for floods, heat and other hazards. The scale of any agreement will depend on what governments are willing to commit and how they plan to carry it out after the meeting.

COP31 is scheduled to conclude Nov. 20. The official programme and negotiations may evolve during the two-week conference, so specific outcomes remain uncertain before the talks begin.

Sources: Associated Press; Reuters; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.