Over 200 nations are attending the UN COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, which runs to 20 Nov, with the aim of limiting warming to 2 °C. The UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned that tactical delays could stop a global warming agreement. Rich countries agreed two years ago to raise climate finance for poorer countries to $300 billion a year by 2035, a target that comes after they missed their 2020 goal two years late. Oxford researchers found 718 of more than 800 climate measures in 39 countries remain unchanged, while 11 have been repealed, eight of them in the United States. The US has no official delegation at the conference after leaving the Paris Agreement, though more than 100 US governors, senators and mayors are attending.
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12 November 2026
Norway's Supreme Court ruled that the state's approval of the Tyrving, Breidablikk and Yggdrasil oil fields was invalid because of procedural mistakes, and ordered the state to pay more than 5 million kroner in legal costs. Eleven judges heard the case in the court's Storkammer; six sided with Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom and five dissented. The ruling requires new Norwegian oil and gas fields to assess the climate impact of combustion, including emissions outside Norway. Separately, at the UN COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, which runs until 20 Nov, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged a drastic cut in emissions and an end to fossil fuels.
9 November 2026
The COP31 UN climate conference opened in Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean coast and runs until 20 Nov, co-hosted by Türkiye and Australia. Around one hundred world leaders attended. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are seeking agreement on a Turkish proposal to raise electricity's share of global energy use and revive moves away from fossil fuels. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the current path amounts to mutually assured destruction. Leaders of China, the United States and India did not attend, and the US is sending no formal delegation.
27 October 2026
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff held on 25 Oct, taking 51.8% of valid votes against Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, official results show. Lula secures a second term after the Supreme Court extended voting by two hours at his request, though some polling stations had already closed before the extension. Bolsonaro says he will seek to annul the result, while crowds celebrated in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Lula is 81 years old.