The "Middle Powers, A Blue Future" panel, organized by the Embassy of Australia in Rome, which is co-chairing COP31 with Türkiye and currently holds the MIKTA chairmanship, was held on the evening of October 22 at the Embassy of Mexico in Rome. Türkiye's Embassy in Rome announced that the panel had been held.
MIKTA and COP31

MIKTA is a consultative platform established in 2013 by Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia, bringing together countries described as middle powers. Australia currently holds the platform's chairmanship.
The 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP31, will be held in Antalya from November 9 to 20, 2026. Under an agreement between Türkiye and Australia, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum will preside over the conference, while Australia will lead the negotiations. The leaders' summit will take place on November 11-12.