The COP-31 United Nations Climate Conference will take place Nov. 9-20 in Antalya, Turkiye. The Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) will be convening and involved in a number of events related to non-state and subnational climate action, transparency and tracking, and AI. Please find below events the team is convening or participating in.
DDL Director Angel Hsu and Research Assistant, Shiva Rajhbandari will be attending Week 1, November 9-13.
Nov. 10: CAMDA and NAZCA Tracking Non-state and Subnational Climate Action workshop
(By invitation only). DDL Director Angel Hsu and Research Assistant Shiva Rajhbandari will be conducting an interactive ideation session to help design a socioeconomic framework that connects non-state and subnational climate action to global decarbonization and transition indicators.
Date: 10 Nov 2026
Time: 14:00-16:00 (Antalya Time)
Place: Meeting Room 16 (Blue Zone).
Host: UNFCCC Global Climate Action and CAMDA
Nov. 11: The NAZCA Portal – Making Climate Action Count
The NAZCA Evidence Portal is the UNFCCC’s official platform for tracking and showcasing climate action by non-Party stakeholders, including businesses, cities, regions and cooperative climate initiatives. Bringing together transparent and trusted information on climate commitments and actions, the portal helps highlight contributions beyond national governments and serves as the principal tracking tool of the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA). Building on this foundation, NAZCA is evolving to strengthen how climate action data are organised, analysed and communicated, enabling the generation of credible evidence on implementation and collective progress. This evolution will support informed decision-making, strengthen understanding of progress across the Global Climate Action Agenda and, in doing so, help inform future Global Stocktakes.
This event will outline the vision for NAZCA and its role in supporting the broader climate action agenda, including reflections on its future development and contribution to accelerating climate action. It will also showcase the latest enhancements to the NAZCA portal and the next steps in delivering this vision. The event will feature two panel discussions bringing together climate action implementers and experts in climate action assessment and analysis. The first panel will showcase how cities, regions, businesses and cooperative initiatives are delivering climate action on the ground, highlighting the importance of transparency for recognition, accountability and collaboration. Building on these experiences, the second panel will explore how climate action data can be transformed into evidence of implementation and collective
Date: 11 Nov 2026
Time: 9:30-11:00 am (Antalya Time)
Place: Special Event Room 6, Blue Zone
Nov. 11: Official UNFCCC Side Event – Advancing fossil-fuel phase out as a matter of climate justice
Fossil fuel phase-out commitments are growing. Are they turning into plans?
Join us at COP31 for a side event on advancing fossil-fuel phase-out as a matter of climate justice, and to discuss how to turn international commitments into time-bound, independently assessed national action.
🎙️ Speakers:
▪️ Professor Thomas Hale, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
▪️ Professor Angel Hsu, PhD, Data-Driven EnviroLab, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
▪️ Nithi Nesadurai, Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
▪️ Sven Harmeling, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe
▪️ Amiera Sawas, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Time: 18:30–20:00 (Antalya time)
Place: Blue zone
Nov. 11: EASY: What is ready to scale? Google x Kite Insights
This event will explore where AI is already helping people tackle sustainability challenges, what’s working in practice, and what it would take to scale these solutions more widely.
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Time: 18:30–21:00 (Antalya time)
Place: Invite only – Prof. Angel Hsu will make remarks and share DDL’s work at the intersection of AI and Climate
Nov. 13: Net Zero Stocktake 2026 Panel Event at COP31
Net zero targets are now the norm for national governments and major companies, but at the subnational level they remain rare, and the gap is widening. Net Zero Tracker (NZT) will present findings from its 2026 Net Zero Stocktake, then join a panel of leading experts to explore how national policy, local delivery and business investment can reinforce one another, and where leadership is most urgently needed to close the credibility gap.
Speakers include Louise Bammel (NewClimate Institute), Thomas Hale (University of Oxford), Takeshi Kuramochi (University of Tokyo), and John Lang (Net Zero Tracker), with Catherine McKenna, Helena Viñes Fiestas and Maxime Bureau invited.
Date: Friday 13 November 2026
Time: 16:30 –17:30 (Antalya time)
Place: REA Pavilion, Blue Zone
