India, Nov. 5 -- Representatives from nearly 200 countries are set to meet in Antalya, Turkiye, from November 9 to 20 for the 31st session of COP, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), better known as the annual UN climate summit.

Turkiye is hosting the meeting, while Australia will lead the negotiations between governments. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said that global efforts to limit warming are falling short; scientists have said climate change fuelled wildfires that surged across Europe this summer and also played a role in the landslides and flash floods that devastated Nepal.

Global temperatures reached 1.63degC above the pre-industrial level (the 1850-1900 average tha...