EU countries may skip COP31 if Cyprus excluded from Turkey’s summit events

The EU has rebuked Turkey for excluding Cyprus from COP31 preparatory meetings, with climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra warning that all 27 member states must be treated equally and that the bloc would not accept Ankara’s behaviour.

At a meeting of EU climate ministers on Thursday, Cyprus said it had not been invited by Turkey to two preparatory meetings for COP31, to be held in November, in New York and Tokyo....