COP31: The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The conference

COP31: The 2026 United Nations
Climate Change Conference

From 9 to 20 November 2026, the city of Antalya, Türkiye, will host the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), the world’s leading international forum for climate negotiations.

The Conference will bring together Heads of State and Government, Ministers, negotiators, representatives of international organizations, the scientific community, the private sector and civil society to define the next steps to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and strengthen the global response to the climate crisis.

Dates: 9 to 20 November 2026
Place: Antalya, Türkiye
Pavilion: Italy Pavilion – COP31

Italy Pavilion – COP31

Climate Change and Culture:
two perspectives on a Global Challenge

COP30 in Belem saw an historic advance cultural heritage in climate policies within the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA). The first section addresses the built heritage energy and environmental improvement with a roundtable of 8 high level experts that will discuss policies, research, strategy and implementation challenging widespread stereotypes and misconceptions within a joint adaptation and mitigation perspective.

In the second section AAC Platform presents a talk with Camilla Boemio and the projection "Albatross II" realized by Mathew Emmett, the latest iteration of an internationally exhibited research-led video installation investigating Avian Influenza as a symptom of ecological degradation. The work examines the relationship between environmental destruction, industrial agriculture and pandemic emergence. The project demonstrates how artistic and architectural research can contribute to global dialogue on climate change, biodiversity loss and planetary health.

Albatross II

Seven Signs of Contamination

Images from “Albatross II”, the video installation by Mathew Emmett. Click an image to enlarge.

Organizing institutions

Organizers

Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR ISPC), European Research Infrastructure for Herirage Science E-RIHS ERIC, Climate Heritage Network, Europa Nostra, ICOMOS/ICOMOS Turkey, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Architecture 2030, Built Buildings.org and the Decarbonising the built environment through heritage campaign, Preserving Legacies and the Heritage Adapts! 3000x2030 campaign, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine, European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage, EU-funded Interreg NEXT MED Programme, JPI Climate.

Associazione Arte Contemporanea / AAC Platform

Links

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