COP31: Human Rights Critical for Climate Action

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A girl in her fishing boat off the coast of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Governments participating in the 31st annual United Nations climate change conference (COP31) should urgently act to protect the rights of communities displaced by the climate crisis and ensure that civil society groups can participate in the negotiations, Human Rights Watch said today. COP31 will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026, under the shared presidency of Türkiye and Australia, on behalf of the Pacific…

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