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Cop31 live: fossil fuel emissions drop revealed as climate summit enters day two
New research on Cop31 fossil fuel emissions, published on 10 November 2026, showed carbon emissions from fossil fuels falling slightly as the UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, entered its second day.
Day two opens with an emissions signal
Cop31 fossil fuel emissions took centre stage on the morning of 10 November 2026, when published research indicated carbon emissions from fossil fuels are falling slightly. The finding from the climate summit Antalya is hosting landed after an opening day in which much angst was vented over whether climate goals are actually being achieved, and whether Cop is the best forum for achieving them.
Energy and transport take the floor
Day two's theme is energy and transport, a choice that connects directly to a headline goal Cop31 set out on its first day: getting the world to agree to greatly increase the share of energy used via electricity, energy that is hoped to be clean.
The day's programme touches on that same aim from the demand side:
- •transport, one of the two themed sectors for Tuesday's sessions
- •energy, paired with it under a single theme for the day
Bowen's call to show multilateralism works
Chris Bowen, Australia's climate minister and Cop negotiations chief, used the morning to press countries on what the summit can deliver, urging them to demonstrate the value of the UN process ahead of the leaders' arrival.
show the world that multilateralism works. Let's show the world we are equal to the challenge.
His appeal comes with the arrival tomorrow of leaders from more than 90 countries, though notable absentees include the heads of the US and China.
Crowds, queues and congestion
The conference itself is feeling the weight of attendance. About 100,000 delegates crammed into the venue on Monday, producing long queues for registration badges and prompting the UN to plead for people whose attendance on Monday wasn't compulsory to return for them today.
Getting to the venue is its own test: the reporter's Cop31 bus reached the two-and-a-half-hour mark still crawling through Antalya traffic.
Leaders from more than 90 countries are due in Antalya on Wednesday, the summit's third day, with the heads of the US and China absent.
