COP31: Time to turn words into action

With COP31, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, set to open in Antalya, Turkiye, next week, the international community faces serious challenges. Running through Nov. 20 at the Antalya Expo Center, the summit — hosted by Turkiye under COP President Murat Kurum, with Australia’s Chris Bowen leading the negotiations — must turn…