COP31: Climate and Health Funders Mobilise $375 Million as UN Leaders Warn of a Global Health Emergency
ANTALYA, Türkiye — Climate and health funders announced on Monday, 9 November 2026, that they have mobilised more than $375 million to protect people from the health damage of a warming planet, as the COP31 climate summit opened in Antalya with United Nations leaders warning that climate change has become a global health emergency. The announcement came on the summit's Health Day, the first themed day of a conference running until 20 November with about 100,000 attendees from nearly 200 countries. According to figures cited at the summit, fossil-fuel air pollution and extreme heat together now cause more than 3 million deaths a year. Illustration: The COP31 venue in Antalya, Türkiye, where Health Day on 9 November 2026 put the human cost of climate change at the centre of the climate talks. What Happened The headline announcement of Health Day came from the Climate and Health Funders Coalition, a group of more than 35 philanthropic organisations formed at COP30 in Belém, Br...