COP31 in a nutshell: takeaways from 11 November, centred on zero waste, circularity and methane

Zero waste, circularity and methane were the focus of the third day of COP 31, on 11 November in Antalya, Turkey. The Leaders' Summit opened the same day and took place on 11 and 12 November.

The day's announcements included:
• a request by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop a global near-zero methane standard for the oil and gas sector;
• the proposal by the Secretary-General of a "Climate Justice Compact", which includes a call to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies;
• the restatement of the goal of the Early Warnings for All initiative: to cover every person on Earth with an early warning system by the end of 2027.

Negotiations continued on adaptation finance, loss and damage, the UN programme to accelerate…