“Limited access for accredited media at the COP31 Leaders’ Summit”

Key points

• Leaders’ Summit opened with restricted press access on day three of COP31 in Antalya.
• Accredited journalists cannot use COP31 credentials to cover the Leaders’ Summit from inside the hall.
• A special press pool, selected by UN Climate Change and Turkish government media teams, will admit about 20 journalists.
• The total number of journalists allowed inside the hall was not disclosed by the press desk.
• Photographers may enter briefly at the start of each national statement and must be escorted out afterward.