COP31 must move from commitments to concrete delivery. Three key tests for measuring its success:
1. Deliver a credible response to climate science. COP31 must respond to accelerating impacts, the threats posed by El Niño and the growing risk of a significant 1.5 °C overshoot.
2. Show progress on climate finance, moving from commitments to implementation. Progress across all areas outlined in the first test depends on improving the quality, accessibility and affordability of finance.
3. Demonstrate that the UN climate process is evolving to meet the demands of the implementation era and establish a pathway to GST2 in 2028.
Follow E3G's insights and analysis from COP31
E3G will have a delegation in Antalya along with teams tracking and analysing from our offices around the world. Our delegation will be hosting and participating in events, in addition to inputting to and tracking a number of the negotiation workstreams and implementation initiatives across the wider COP programme. Follow us as we report on how the COP is measuring up against the three tests set out in this Briefing. See below for the full list of events and our spokespeople.
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E3G's spokespeople and delegation at COP31
Available for comment from Antalya
Week One
- Kaysie Brown (EN), Associate Director, (multilateral climate diplomacy, geopolitics, US foreign policy) | e: kaysie.brown@e3g.org
- Cosima Cassel (EN, DE, ES), Programme Lead,(Multilateral venues, Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics, UNFCCC and COP) m: +49 160 339 0883 | e: cosima.cassel@e3g.org
- Alden Meyer (EN), Senior Associate, (multilateral climate diplomacy, geopolitics, US federal & subnational policy) m: +1(202)-378-8619 | e: alden.meyer@e3g.org
- Anton Jaekel, Policy Advisor, (COP31 negotiations, EU at COP, climate security) m: +49 160 242 1044 e: anton.jaekel@e3g.org
- Katrine Petersen (EN, DA), Programme Lead, Global Clean Power Diplomacy, E3G, (global fossil fuel phaseout diplomacy, power sector transitions, multilateralism) m: +44 7961754452 | e: katrine.petersen@e3g.org
- Natasha Green (EN), Programme Lead for Australia, Engagement and Diplomacy. Australia (COP31, Australia-Türkiye partnership, global energy transition, Australia) | e: natasha.green@e3g.org
- Öykü Şenlen Gundogen (EN, TR), Senior Researcher (Türkiye strategy, global clean energy transition, Türkiye climate and energy policy) | m: +44 7444439202 e: oyku.senlen@e3g.org
- Gustavo Pinheiro (EN, PT, ES), E3G Senior Associate, (Brazil diplomacy, COP30/COP31, G20 dynamics, BRICS) +55 (61) 98338 8586 | gustavo.pinheiro@e3g.org
- Leo Roberts, Associate Director Energy Transition, (energy transition, energy geopolitics, TAFF, roadmaps Coal phase-out, power sector transitions)
m: +44 (0) 7908 664 334 | leo.roberts@e3g.org - Madhura Joshi, E3G Asia Lead, (Indian geopolitics and policy, energy transition) m: +91 9650783893 | madhura.joshi@e3g.org
- Seleha Lockwood, Programme Lead – Public Banks and Development (MDBs, Country platform approaches) m: +44 7927671887 | seleha.lockwood@e3g.org
- Chiara Falduto (EN, FR, IT) Programme Lead for Climate Finance and EU Investment Strategy. Brussels (bilateral climate finance, EU policy, NCQG, adaptation finance and access to finance)
Week Two
- Kaysie Brown (EN), Associate Director, (multilateral climate diplomacy, geopolitics, US foreign policy) | e: kaysie.brown@e3g.org
- Cosima Cassel (EN, DE, ES), Programme Lead, (Multilateral venues, Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics, UNFCCC and COP) m: +49 160 339 0883 | e: cosima.cassel@e3g.org
- Alden Meyer (EN), Senior Associate, (multilateral climate diplomacy, geopolitics, US federal & subnational policy) m: +1(202)-378-8619 | e: alden.meyer@e3g.org
- Tefta Kelmendi (EN,FR), Programme Lead Foreign Policy and Climate Cooperation, (EU Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Climate Security) tefta.kelmendi@e3g.org
- Gustavo Pinheiro (EN, PT, ES), Senior Associate, (Brazil diplomacy, COP30/COP31, G20 dynamics, BRICS) +55 (61) 98338 8586 | gustavo.pinheiro@e3g.org
- Anton Jaekel, Policy Advisor, (COP31 negotiations, EU at COP, climate security) m: +49 160 242 1044 e: anton.jaekel@e3g.org
- Öykü Şenlen Gundogen (EN, TR), Senior Researcher (Türkiye strategy, global clean energy transition, Türkiye climate and energy policy) | m: +44 7444439202 e: oyku.senlen@e3g.org
- Matt Webb (EN), Associate Director, Global Clean Power Diplomacy | matthew.webb@e3g.org
- Jurei Yada (EN, FR), Associate Director, Finance & Resilience, E3G (sustainable and climate finance, macro-fiscal policy, financial reform, public banks, and resilience), e: jurei.yada@e3g.org
E3G experts can respond to your questions on topical questions of politics, energy transition, finance, trade, as well as on the geopolitical dynamics (Asia, Africa, Europe, India, Brazil, China, US, UK, Pacific and SIDS).
For further enquiries email press@e3g.org or phone +44 (0)7783 787 863
Leads representing the following E3G hosted Secretariats and coalitions will also be present:
• Powering Past Coal Alliance (Julia Skorupska (PPCA) julia.skorupska@poweringpastcoal.org)
• International Transition Plan Network (ITPN) (Jacques Morris jacques.morris@e3g.org)
• International Climate Councils Network (ICCN) (Ben Rhodes ben.rhodes@climatecouncils.org)
• Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) (Charley Roberts charley.roberts@e3g.org)
• Global Clean Power Alliance-Finance Mission (GCPA-FM) (Ujunwa Ojemeni ujunwa.ojemeni@e3g.org).
As COP31 kicks off, E3G is calling for leaders to show how they will turn ambition into action.
The incentives for real progress on climate action are increasingly clear.
Clean energy, electrification and building resilience can help countries address major challenges, including economic and energy security, competitiveness and climate impacts. At the same time, the likelihood that global temperatures will exceed 1.5 °C of warming this decade makes it more urgent to act now. Yet in geopolitically fraught times, cooperation is becoming harder to achieve.
The challenge for COP31 is to turn shared interests into collective action, supporting delivery of solutions where they are most needed.
Our Briefing highlights three tests that can help to evaluate the success of this COP: Bridging Ambition and Action at COP31.
Find E3G at these events
Bottom-up approaches to fossil fuel phase-out in China, the United States, and Europe (side event)
With Peking University Institute of Energy, Climate Change and Energy Transition Program, and University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability
9 Nov | 10:30-12:00 IST
America's All In Pavillion
Powering Progress: Mobilising Investment in Clean Electrification
Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) Finance Mission event collaborating with WB and GFI
10 Nov | 11:45-12:45 IST
UK Pavilion
Why Asia is Scaling Clean Electricity Amid the Fossil Fuel Crisis
With Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)
11 Nov | 11:45-12:15
Asia Climate Solutions Pavillion
One Action Agenda, Year-Round: Climate Weeks Driving Implementation in 2027
With Climate High-Level Champions, Climate Group, Project Mumbai, OFuturo and the COP30 and COP31 Presidencies
13 Nov | 10:15-11:15 IST
Brazil Pavillion
From Commitments to Implementation: Unblocking the Fossil-Fuel Transition Through Coordinated Action on ISDS
With the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
13 Nov | 09:00-10:00
Global Futures Pavillion
