The editions
Edition 01 · ArticleWhat a COP actually isWhere the word comes from, why it happens every single year, and how far a COP decision actually reaches.21 September 2026 · 5 min read
Edition 02 · CarouselThe process behind a COPThe whole year that leads to a COP, in one timeline: eight stops between April and November, five run by the UN and three convened outside it.23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Edition 03 · CarouselWho is who at a COPA map of the room: the two spaces under one roof, the four kinds of badge, the negotiating blocs, the nine observer constituencies, and the Champions.25 September 2026 · 5 min read
Edition 04 · ArticleHow the Action Agenda is organisedSix Axes, thirty Activation Groups, and the Plans to Accelerate Solutions underneath. The part of a COP most organisations can actually touch.28 September 2026 · 7 min read
Edition 05 · CarouselBlue Zone, Green Zone and pavilionsA COP runs across two venues with two different sets of rules, and the pavilions inside one of them are where most of the useful sessions happen.30 September 2026 · 4 min read
Edition 06 · CarouselHow you actually get inThere is no ticket to a COP. Four routes lead into the Blue Zone, and one of them has a six-year queue behind it.2 October 2026 · 4 min read
Edition 07 · ArticleWho runs COP31, and what they have committed toTürkiye holds the presidency, Australia leads the negotiations, and the presidency has put numbers on three targets for 2035. One of them is waste.6 October 2026 · 7 min read
Edition 08 · ArticleZero waste finally gets a seat at a COPThe Istanbul Platform, the Upstream Plan to Accelerate Solutions, and the four COP31 targets that touch waste.15 October 2026 · 6 min read
Edition 09 · ArticleWhat is a Climate Champion?Where the role came from, who does the work behind it, and what Samed Ağırbaş said he will do with his two years as the Champion for COP31.19 October 2026 · 7 min read