The UN Climate Change Conference COP31 takes place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026, and buildings are high on its agenda. The COP31 Presidency has proposed the Antalya Compact for Energy Efficient Buildings, built around two objectives for 2035: at least 25% lower operational energy intensity in the global building stock compared with 2020, and efficient electrification of buildings in support of a 35% share of electricity in global final energy consumption.
The Partnership for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) will contribute and participate in nine events in the Blue Zone alongside partner countries, development banks, governments and international organisations.
For the fifth COP in a row, PEEB is proudly supporting the Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion pavilion led by the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), where many of PEEB’s sessions will take place.
Here is where to find PEEB, day by day. Note that all times are local Antalya time (TRT, UTC+3).
Tuesday 10 November
1. Delivering Low-Carbon Buildings through Efficiency, Electrification and Heat Pumps
- When: 9:30–10:45
- Where: Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion (C505), Blue Zone
- Organised by: Daikin Industries, with the GlobalABC Clean Heat Forum and Sufficiency
- Speaking organisations: European Commission, Clean Heat Forum, Sufficiency Hub, Daikin Europe, German Energy Agency (dena)
- What it is about: How energy efficiency and electrification of heating with heat pumps can advance together, and how building, energy and climate policies can be aligned to make low-carbon buildings affordable.
2. From policy to pipeline: decarbonising the built environment at speed
- When: 13:30–14:30
- Where: BeNeLux-EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone
- Organised by: PEEB, with the City Climate Finance Gap Fund (EIB/GIZ)
- Speaking organisations: German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUKN), GIZ, Karatay unicipality (Türkiye), a PEEB partner country
- What it is about: Where the bottlenecks between policy reform and financed projects really sit, and which instruments help countries and cities move faster from plans to investment-ready pipelines. PEEB will present its new practitioners’ toolkit on financing mechanisms for energy efficiency in buildings.
3. From Policy to Portfolios: Electrifying Buildings for 35 by 35
- When: 14:00–15:00
- Where: Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion (C505), Blue Zone
- Organised by: Arup, with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, RIBA, World Resources Institute (WRI), Under2 Coalition (Climate Group), World Green Building Council, PEEB (GIZ), GlobalABC Finance Hub and UNEP.
- What it is about: The policy, governance and finance conditions needed to move building electrification from isolated pilots to replicable, investment-ready portfolios that contribute to the 35 by 35 objective.
4. Delivering the Antalya Compact: Accelerating Energy Efficiency and Electrification in Buildings
- When: 17:00–18:15
- Where: Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion (C505), Blue Zone
- Organised by: UNEP-GlobalABC and the COP31 Presidency of Türkiye
- Speaking organisations: European Commission (DG ENER), Germany, France, China, Brazil, Kenya, African Energy Commission (AFREC), PEEB, Solar Impulse Foundation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- What it is about: A high-level dialogue on turning the Antalya Compact into action. Governments share priorities and barriers, and partners respond on finance, technology and capacity. PEEB will speak on investment.
Wednesday 11 November
5. Axis IV Synthesis Roundtable – From Plans to Delivery: Building Resilience for Cities, Infrastructure and Water
- When: 15:00–16:30
- Where: Special Event Room 1, Blue Zone
- Organised by: Axis IV coordination group, including UN-Habitat, UNEP, GlobalABC, Cool Coalition, WRI, ICLEI and the Inter-American Development Bank; co-convened by the COP31 Presidency, the UNFCCC secretariat and the Climate High-Level Champions
- What it is about: A stocktake of what has been delivered on cities, infrastructure, buildings and water under the Global Climate Action Agenda, and of the shared challenges ahead, from finance and project preparation to multilevel governance. PEEB will speak on implementing energy efficiency.
Thursday 12 November
6. Financing Pathways and Policy Standards for Low-Carbon Buildings in ASEAN
- When: 9:30–10:30
- Where: ASEAN Pavilion, Blue Zone
- Organised by: ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), PEEB (GIZ/AFD) and the GGGI-led Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) project, with HEAT GmbH
- Speaking organisations: ACE, AFD, GIZ and ASEAN country representatives
- What it is about: How regional energy-efficiency goals, national building standards and digital whole-life carbon measurement can open the way to bankable green building pipelines in Southeast Asia. The event will be livestreamed.
7. Second Ministerial Meeting on Buildings and Climate (ICBC)
- When: 11:00–13:00
- Where: Special Events Room 2, Blue Zone
- Organised by: Hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change of Türkiye (COP31 Presidency); convened by the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Council for Buildings and Climate (France, Brazil, Kenya) and UNEP, with the International Energy Agency (IEA)
- What it is about: Ministers and heads of delegation discuss their priorities for the buildings sector on the road to COP32, including endorsement of the Antalya Compact. Partner organisations, including PEEB, respond to the support needs countries identify. The meeting is for government delegations and invited partners. It will not be livestreamed, but a recording will be published on YouTube.
8. Efficiency first: how regulation, finance and measured performance decarbonise buildings faster
- When: 14:30–16:30
- Where: France Pavilion, Blue Zone
- Organised by: a4mt (World Championship for Energy Savings), AFD on behalf of PEEB, and Schneider Electric, with Solar Impulse Foundation, World Green Building Council, GlobalABC/UNEP, GIZ and the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition
- Speaking organisations: World Green Building Council, Solar Impulse Foundation, French Ministry for the Ecological Transition, a4mt, AFD, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), a PEEB partner country
- What it is about: How regulation based on measured, real energy performance helps countries decarbonise faster, and how public-private cooperation can finance energy efficiency at scale.
Wednesday 18 November
9. Empowering women to build the future
- When: 9:30–10:30
- Where: Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion (C505), Blue Zone
- Organised by: PEEB and GlobalABC
- Speaking organisations: GlobalABC/UNEP, German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUKN), GIZ, EIB or AFD, and other partners
- What it is about: Real-life solutions that embed gender equality and social inclusion in the buildings sector, and what decision-makers can do to scale them.
Meet PEEB in Antalya
Would you like more information about these events, or to connect with PEEB colleagues and partners on the ground? Write to us at info@peeb.build.
Follow PEEB on LinkedIn for updates from Antalya, and find the full GlobalABC programme on the GlobalABC at COP31 page.