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I don't know if ripening is triggered by something in the plant, maybe daylight hours declining beneath a threshold, or individual fruit based, days after fertilisation.
What I do know, in the UK, the second generation of Figs each year, never get enough sunlight/temperature etc to ripen.
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We had a small crop of great figs in July. Now there are many small 3-4 cm unripe ones. Try culling most of the unripe fruit and trimming the growing shoots off every branch you can reach. Watch out for the nasty sap. You might get some fruit if the weather holds. Later pull off all but the pea sized figs, they will be your first crop next year. Assuming you have Brown Turkey variety, the most common fig in these parts.
mespilus
Charlie_L
@Tonts
Anything I can do to help my figs ripen? (Moving to Southern Europe not an option)