What happened
Türkiye’s COP31 presidency says it intends to introduce the Antalya Pledge on artificial intelligence at this year’s UN climate summit and seek support for it. The hosts describe it as a political commitment intended to connect AI decisions with climate action.
The proposed pledge has a broad scope. According to the COP31 presidency, it would address the way AI is designed, procured, supplied with power, deployed, measured and managed. That places energy considerations alongside decisions about the technology’s acquisition, operation and governance.
In an emailed statement reported by Climate Home News, COP31 president Murat Kurum highlighted AI’s increasing energy needs. He said governments need to begin defining the terms of the discussion and stated that companies are expected to be open about energy use.
The presidency also expects companies to run their operations on clean energy. Kurum specifically referred to data centres when setting out that expectation, making the energy supply behind AI operations a prominent element of the proposal.
Why it matters
The initiative brings AI energy demand directly into the agenda for the UN climate summit. Rather than limiting the discussion to the technology itself, the proposed commitment encompasses choices around purchasing, power supply, deployment, measurement and management.
For AI companies, the announcement identifies two expectations from the COP31 presidency: clearer disclosure of energy consumption and clean-energy provision for operations. Data-centre electricity supply is explicitly part of that framing.
The proposal is political in character, based on the description provided by the hosts. The available evidence does not specify reporting methods, definitions for clean energy, participation conditions, targets or implementation arrangements. It therefore signals the direction of the presidency’s approach without setting out operational requirements.
What to watch next
The next material development will be the planned launch of the Antalya Pledge and the level of backing it receives at COP31. Organisations involved in AI development, procurement, operation or data-centre infrastructure can track whether the final pledge adds detail on the transparency and clean-power expectations outlined by the presidency.
Climate Home News reported that the initiative is being advanced by Türkiye’s COP31 hosts. No further timetable or implementation information is set out in the supplied material.
