Good morning from the COP31 media centre here in Antalya after a sardine-style tram journey in to the venue.

We are now expecting the official ceremonial opening of the COP to start at 11am Turkey time (8am in the UK) – 30 minutes later than previously advertised.

That’s not a bad start, given some previous plenaries have been delayed by several hours.

View image in fullscreenDelegates arrive on the opening day of the COP31 climate conference. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

We’re expecting some stirring speeches from Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen, who is president of the negotiations.

We will also hear from Turkey’s environment minister, Murat Kurum, who is president of the COP. If you want to know who the key players are, my colleague Fiona Harvey explains here.

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