Turkiye registered more than 14,000 people as host-country guests at COP31, compared with roughly 1,000 at COP30 in Brazil.
Two or more independent outlets report it. We'll update this page as reporting comes in, then say whether it held up.
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Who's reporting it
- Climate Home News, 2026-11-10: It counts 14,285 official host-country guests among 68,374 in-person registrants, about 13 times the number Brazil invited to Belem. source
- Carbon Brief, 2026-11-10: Its registration analysis finds more than 14,000 host-country guests, against around 1,000 at COP30, within a provisional record of nearly 93,000 in-person registrations. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Corroborated. Climate Home News and Carbon Brief reached similar numbers in separate analyses of the UN's list of registered participants.