# What does everyone want at COP31?

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**Category:** Policy\
**Created:** [November 10, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/what-does-everyone-want-at-cop31/127 "2026-11-10T13:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/connect.carbonbrief.org/josh/32/88_2.png) [@josh](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/what-does-everyone-want-at-cop31/127/1 "2026-11-10T13:43:04Z")

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It’s difficult to keep track of everything going on at COP. Dozens of negotiating tracks, filled with jargon and countries making competing demands. And it’s all happening at the same time.

Fortunately, Carbon Brief is here to help you make sense of things. We have made our traditional “[who wants what](https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-who-wants-what-at-the-cop31-climate-change-summit)” grid, in which we lay out what different parties and negotiating blocs want across the negotiating rooms.

I’ve just updated the grid with statements from groups such as the High Ambition Coalition, the Least Developed Countries and the African Group of Negotiators. We will continue to update the grid whenever we have a spare moment.

Please leave a comment if you want to query anything or propose any additions.

> **[Interactive: Who wants what at the COP31 climate change summit - Carbon Brief](https://www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-who-wants-what-at-the-cop31-climate-change-summit)**
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> Carbon Brief has analysed around 100 documents at COP31 and captured them in an interactive table

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/what-does-everyone-want-at-cop31/127/2 "2026-11-10T14:14:34Z")

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Is there any surrogate group repesenting the USA? We ALL know Trump is a sad fluke and the USA has very keen interests and will take charge.

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**Author:** ![josh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/connect.carbonbrief.org/josh/32/88_2.png) [@josh](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/what-does-everyone-want-at-cop31/127/3 "2026-11-10T14:24:33Z")

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No, not in the formal negotiations. There are plenty of people from the US here (in fact, John Kerry has been popping up all over the place today), but they are represented through civil society groups rather than at a national level. I suppose you could argue that the Umbrella Group, which the US was a member of prior to its departure from the talks, somewhat represents historic US positions in talks.

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://connect.carbonbrief.org/t/what-does-everyone-want-at-cop31/127/4 "2026-11-10T14:39:37Z")

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Thanks, Josh.  
I was hoping for some future presidential candidates to be there as well