On Youth Day at #COP31, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell receives the 2026 Global Youth Statement. Shaped through local, national and regional youth conferences around the world and led by YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency, it brings the priorities of young people together in a single policy document. It’s a powerful reminder that the generation who will live longest with these decisions must have a real say in shaping them.   📸 Kiara Worth Throughout Youth Day at #COP31, young people take part in a range of activities, including the Youth Negotiator Lab. There, they workshop ideas on the climate issues that matter most to them and step into the shoes of negotiators to see how consensus is built, gaining the skills to shape the process from the inside.   📸 Kiara Worth Delegates take part in the 6th interagency meeting with partners supporting NDC implementation at #COP31. Nationally determined contributions (NDCs), are each country’s climate plan under the Paris Agreement, setting out how it will cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Turning them into action, and strengthening them, is essential. Meetings like this bring partners together to help countries do exactly that.   📸 Kiara Worth As #COP31 reaches its midway point, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell holds a press conference on the state of the negotiations ahead of the Subsidiary Bodies’ closing plenaries. With the first week’s technical work drawing to a close and key issues still on the table, his message was clear: there can be “no collective success without compromise from every Party.”   📸 Kiara Worth Throughout #COP31, press conferences give journalists and delegates a window into what’s happening inside the negotiations. They keep the world informed and give people the chance to ask questions directly, holding the process to account and helping make it more transparent and accessible to all.   📸 Kiara Worth As the first week of negotiations at #COP31 draws to a close, delegates huddle in contact groups to make as much progress as they can on a range of issues. These smaller groups are where much of the detailed work happens, as