The climate crisis is an inequality crisis. Those who have done the least to cause it are facing its harshest impacts, while those most responsible continue to benefit from a system that fuels both extreme wealth and rising emissions.
At COP 31, Oxfam and our partners are bringing together policymakers, activists, researchers, community leaders, and civil society organizations to explore the solutions needed to confront the climate crisis and tackle inequality. Our events will spotlight frontline perspectives, elevate evidence and share practical pathways forward on climate finance, adaptation, loss and damage, resilience and a just transition.
Together, we are creating spaces for dialogue, collaboration, and action that challenge injustice and build momentum for climate solutions that work for everyone. Join us throughout COP 31 and be part of the movement for climate justice.
Operationalizing Fairness: Just Transition, Equity, Science and Finance
Official side event room, Blue Zone
📅 Date: Monday, 9 November
⏰ Time: 15:00–16:30 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: Side Event Room 4 – AŞIK VEYSEL
The climate crisis, inequality and the challenging financial landscape is creating climate injustice. This event examines the challenges for enabling just, equitable and development-aligned transitions, including how structural economic drivers, wealth concentration and the financial architecture can fuel climate disasters and entrench inequality.
Addressing Climate and Economic Inequality through Just Transition in the Philippines
Philippine Pavilion
📅 Date: Wednesday, 11 November
⏰ Time: 13:00 – 14:30 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: Philippine Pavilion
High-Level Dialogue on Electrification
IRENA Pavillion
📅 Date: Thursday, 12 November
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:00 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: IRENA Pavilion
TÜV SÜD, IEC and Oxfam will co-host IRENA’s and the Global Renewables Alliance High-Level Dialogue on Electrification at the Global Renewables Hub. This session explores the elements of scaling electricity in an inclusive, trustworthy and just manner.
From Loss and Damage to Restorative Transitions: Agriculture, Fisheries and Community-Led Climate Justice in Latin America
Food & Agriculture Pavilion
📅 Date: Saturday, 14 November
⏰ Time: 10:30 – 11:30 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: Food & Agriculture Pavilion
This session explores the concept of a “Reparative Transition” and how climate reparations, accountability, and loss and damage can become central pillars of climate action. Bringing together researchers, policy advocates, legal experts and civil society leaders, the discussion examines how a truly just transition must address the inequalities, harms and rights violations caused by climate change, particularly across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Recognize, Resource, Reward: Grassroots Women's Caregiving as the Foundation of Resilient Communities
Care Pavilion
📅 Date: Saturday, 14 November
⏰ Time: 11:45 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: Care Pavilion
Grassroots women are at the heart of community resilience, yet their caregiving work remains largely invisible and under-resourced. This dialogue explores why care should be recognized as essential climate adaptation infrastructure, and how women-led solutions can be better supported through climate finance, leadership and decision-making.
Just Transition Across the World: What Can We Learn from Different National Experiences in Setting Up the Global Just Transition Mechanism
Regional Climate Foundations (RCF) Pavilion
📅 Date: Saturday, 14 November
⏰ Time: 16:15 – 17:15 (Türkiye time GMT+3)
📍 Location: Regional Climate Foundations (RCF) Pavilion
As countries pursue different pathways to a just transition, this session explores how national experiences can inform the design of a global Just Transition Mechanism under the UNFCCC. Panelists will discuss the support and functions needed to help countries deliver fair, inclusive and people-centred transitions.