The 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is under way in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026, with adaptation and resilience among its three priority tracks.
Several Pathways2Resilience (P2R) partners are currently in Antalya to share what 100 European regions are learning about building resilience from the ground up, as part of their Regional Resilience Journeys.
COP31’s three tracks aim to turn the commitments made at previous sessions into concrete implementation:
- Climate finance. Delivering to developing countries the new collective quantified finance goal set at COP29.
- Adaptation and resilience. Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable countries and communities against climate risks.
- Emission targets and implementation. Countries delivering on their strengthened Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
Adaptation and resilience is where regional experience matters most, and it lies at the heart of P2R’s work. As the flagship initiative of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, P2R supports 100 European regions and communities to co-design locally led pathways towards a climate-resilient future.
At COP31, P2R partners are carrying regional evidence into the global conversation
Partners attending COP31 include our project coordinator, Climate KIC, as well as Regions4, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation and ICLEI Europe which are hosting or taking part in a range of sessions. Although P2R does not have its own presence in Türkiye, our partners bring the regional and local perspective that P2R champions: resilience moves fastest when each level of government knows its role, and when ownership comes with the conditions to act, including governance, finance, skills, and room to experiment and learn.
Global ambition is set at COP, but resilience is built in regions. We look forward to the conversations in Antalya and to bringing what we learn back to the regions we work with.
