Tuvalu (a tiny low-lying Pacific island nation among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels) will host a special leaders' event as part of preparations for the COP31 climate summit, scheduled for Antalya, Turkey, on 11–12 November. Turkey's climate minister and COP31 president-designate Murat Kurum announced the plans in his first letter to global partners, also confirming a pre-summit preparatory meeting in Fiji in October, to be co-convened with Australia's energy minister Chris Bowen. The gatherings are intended to build momentum for new emissions-reduction targets, with officials warning that ongoing conflicts and geopolitical tensions must not divert attention from the urgency of the global clean energy transition.