Under the title "Resilience through Climate Action", the BMUKN, AA, German Climate Consortium and German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy organised the traditional briefing before the 31st UN Climate Change Conference. High-ranking policymakers, business leaders, scientists, and representatives of civil society came together to look at the key issues and challenges ahead of COP31 to exchange their views.
The guests included the Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider, Federal Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan and State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Dr Bernhard Kotsch, as well as the Turkish Ambassador to Germany and COP31 Presidency representative Gökhan Turan, and the Australian Ambassador to Germany and COP31 Negotiations Presidency representative Natasha Smith. Contributors from business, the scientific community and civil society are Fabiola Fernandez, CFO (SMS Group); Dennis Kollmann, CEO (Hermes Germany GmbH); Prof. Angela Oels, Chair (DKK); Prof. Gunnar Luderer (PIK); Prof. Anna Katharina Hornidge, Director (IDOS); and Jennifer Tollmann, Chief Policy Officer (Germanwatch).
COP31 will take place in Antalya, Turkey, from November 9 to 20, 2026.
