Oil Change International COP30 Media Advisory – November 11, 2026
For immediate release
As leaders from around the world gather today in Antalya for the Leaders Summit, civil society organizations raise concerns about restrictions to access, and question why many leaders from major emitting countries are absent. Some leaders are even prioritizing attending a Summit in Ireland to discuss the expansion of water resource intensive AI data centers while many parts of the world reel from climate disasters.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11, 2026
Contact:
Al Johnson-Kurts, Oil Change International (in Antalya) – [email protected] / +1 802 595 3086
Khaliel Moses, Oil Change International (in Antalya) – [email protected] / +27 68 514 4761
Oil Change International COP31 Media Advisory – November 11, 2026
Antalya, Türkiye- As leaders from around the world gather today in Antalya for the Leaders Summit, civil society organizations raise concerns about restrictions to access, and question why many leaders from major emitting countries are absent. Some leaders are even prioritizing attending a Summit in Ireland to discuss the expansion of water resource intensive AI data centers while many parts of the world reel from climate disasters.
Mahir Ilgaz, Regional Program Director at Oil Change International, said:
“COP normally tightens security for the leaders’ summit, but in Antalya, where reaching the venue can take hours, anyone who is unable to reach the venue before 8am is locked out for most of the day, and the public Green Zone is closed entirely. We would be on the road at 5am if we knew it would get us in, but this level of unpredictability sends civil society one message: stay home. A COP without civil society is a COP without accountability, and that is simply unacceptable.”
Press Conferences:
- 11:00 – 11:30 Press Conference: Who’s Blocking Climate Finance in the Global North? | Press Room Yunus Emre, Area D4 | Online
- This discussion, led by the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ), will see Oil Change International’s Global Public Finance Co-Manager Laurie van der Burg speak on the just transition and the role of public money in climate finance.
- See here for DCJ’s Press Release: https://demandclimatejustice.org/2026/11/10/media-advisory-press-conference-2/
Events:
- 16:00: From Pledge to Practice: Implementing the transition away from fossil fuels | Special Event Room 2, Area C, Blue Zone | Online
- 18:30: Advancing fossil-fuel phase out as a matter of climate justice | Side Event Room 2 – Dalyan, Area B1, Blue Zone | Online
Spokespeople and areas of focus
At COP31, reach out to us to connect with spokespeople to cover:
- Fair Fossil fuel phaseout: Fossil fuel phaseout roadmaps, Global North countries’ fossil fuel expansion, Nationally Determined Contributions, diplomacy and negotiations
- Financing a just transition: Baku to Belém roadmap, NCQG, Article 2.1(c), fossil fuel subsidies and finance, financial architecture reform, just transition
- Industry and False Solutions: Industry pledges, Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, IEA / WEO, CCS, False Solutions Subsidies, International Energy Agency and World Energy Outlook, 1.5ºC scenarios
- United States: Trump, U.S. Congress, U.S. finance and subsidies, false solutions and CCS, LNG, certified gas, Methane
- Africa: Resistance to oil and gas in Africa, oil and gas expansion in Africa
- Asia: Japan’s energy strategy, Japan’s gas and fossil fuel-based technologies (ammonia/hydrogen co-firing, CCS) expansion in Asia
OCI has spokespeople available on the ground at COP31 for interviews and press panels, as well as remote spokespeople available in alternative timezones for those journalists not in attendance inAntalya.
We will deliver daily media advisories with the most important updates from COP31 on fossil fuel phaseout, fair finance for a just transition, and expert insight on the negotiations.
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