Overview
- The UN climate summit opened Monday in Antalya after a delayed start with UN leaders urging faster emissions cuts and a faster end to fossil fuel use.
- For the first time the COP is run under a joint presidency with Turkey hosting and Australia leading negotiations, a split role that will shape how compromises are brokered.
- The Turkish '35 by 35' proposal seeks to raise electricity’s share of end‑use energy to 35 percent by 2035 and has German backing but will reduce emissions only if that power comes from renewables and grids are upgraded.
- Countries of the Global South demanded clear, additional money for adaptation and loss and damage and pressed to make finance a dedicated agenda item; negotiators instead agreed to mainstream finance across all negotiation tracks, a compromise that leaves finance details unresolved and trust fragile after recent donor cuts.
- Scientists warned that a strong El Niño and recent extreme weather make 2027 likely to be the warmest year on record, which increases pressure on negotiators but leaves final outcomes uncertain because the UN process requires consensus and key issues remain contested.