World Meteorological Organization sets out its programme for the climate conference at Antalya

4 November 2026

The World Meteorological Organization has published the programme of its activities for COP31, the 31st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which runs from 9 to 20 November 2026 at Antalya in Turkiye. On the opening day the organisation will launch its State of Climate Update 2026, covering temperature, greenhouse gases, ocean heat, sea level, glaciers and ice, and the impacts of climate and extreme weather. The same day carries Earth Information Day, on earth observations and how closing data gaps strengthens forecasts. A session on the state of the Global Climate Observing System follows, along with a side event on El Nino, extreme events and the climate signal. At the Leaders Summit the organisation will present an intervention by its Secretary-General, Celeste Saulo. An Early Warnings for All session will present the Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems report, produced with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Later sessions cover extreme heat and coastal communities in a changing ocean.