COP31 President and Turkish Climate Minister Murat Kurum announced that ensuring "climate-responsible AI" will be the focus of November's summit.⁣ Speaking on Monday (September 21), Kurum said the summit will "meet this moment." ⁣ ⁣ "It is time for governments to start setting the terms," he said. "We expect companies to be transparent about their energy use and to power their operations with clean energy."⁣ ⁣ Every year, countries are encouraged by COP hosts to support non-binding pledges on a parallel "action agenda" that is separate from the formal negotiations.⁣ ⁣ In an unusual arrangement this year, Australia is presiding over the marathon political negotiations but Türkiye is hosting the event and designing the sideline agenda. ⁣ ⁣ The centerpiece for Türkiye is a new electrification target -- raising the global share of energy demand met by electricity to 35% by 2035. ⁣ ⁣ Nations are divided on the pathway to phasing out planet-warming fossil fuels and a major breakthrough on th...