What happened
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety has endorsed a draft resolution outlining the EU’s intended approach to COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. The committee approved the text with 50 votes in favour, 16 against and three abstentions, according to İklim Haber.
The draft asks parties to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels and advance a roadmap agreed at COP30. It also urges the EU to take a leading role in negotiations on an agreement to curb fossil-fuel expansion, and to set its own timetable and strategy for an economy-wide withdrawal from fossil fuels.
MEPs want time-bound measures to end fossil-fuel subsidies and production. They also call for higher climate finance, including implementation of the New Collective Quantified Goal agreed at COP29.
Why it matters
For the EU and its member states, the resolution adds political pressure to deliver emissions cuts and finance commitments ahead of the Antalya conference. The draft says that, if existing and planned measures are fully carried out, the EU is on track to reduce net greenhouse-gas emissions by about 54% by 2030 compared with 1990.
However, MEPs raised concern over preliminary figures indicating that EU emissions rose by 1% between 2024 and 2025. They called on member states to strengthen emissions reductions and on the European Commission to support them.
Türkiye, as COP31 host, will be at the centre of discussions on climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels. The draft also links decarbonisation with the EU’s strategic autonomy amid geopolitical uncertainty.
Background
The resolution argues that the gap between required and delivered climate finance is widening. It calls for additional public funding, particularly grants and highly concessional finance, while warning against counting or reclassifying existing funds towards the new collective target.
MEPs say finance for climate-vulnerable countries should not increase their debt burdens. They favour grant-based support and debt-relief arrangements. The draft also seeks predictable and accessible funding for the Loss and Damage Fund, noting that about 3.6 billion people live in highly climate-vulnerable conditions.
What's next
The full European Parliament is scheduled to vote on the resolution during its 19–22 October plenary sitting. COP31 is scheduled to take place in Antalya from 9 to 20 November.
The draft calls on all parties to meet the goal of tripling adaptation finance by 2035 and to rapidly put into effect the just-transition mechanism agreed at COP30.
