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Australia faces fossil bind in COP31 negotiating role

Australia could play a defining role in negotiating a global road map away from fossil fuels, but domestic gas and coal interests may get in the way.

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John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31

Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit

The Guardian - AU

‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiations

Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices

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Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity

Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible

While the outcome is a let down for those who want Australia to do better on climate, Chris Bowen looks set to play a pivotal role in the UN talks

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Cop31 bypasses Adelaide for Antalya; backlash over Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult; and all your Ashes questions answered

Turkey to host climate conference after Labor drops its push to hold the event

The Guardian - AU

Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?

After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.

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Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next

At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations.

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NGOs lament missed 'COPportunity' for SA and climate

Pacific advocates hope their climate ambitions can still be achieved from the wreckage of Australia's bid to host the COP31 summit.

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Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host Cop31

Australia had been pushing to host climate conference next year with south Pacific nations, which are increasingly threatened by rising seas and climate-fuelled disasters

The Guardian - AU

Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide

Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations

The Guardian - AU

Australia raises heat over climate summit hosting goal

Climate Minister Chris Bowen hopes to meet with his Turkish counterpart to resolve an impasse over the right to host the world's most important climate meeting.

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Australia to make eleventh-hour bid to seal COP31 deal

With just days before the next host of the world's biggest climate conference must be decided, Australia is doing all it can to secure its bid.

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From Australia to Turkey and, reluctantly, Germany: the tug-of-war over hosting Cop31

A years-long standoff over who should host the 2026 climate summit leaves Brazilian hosts, and other states, frustrated

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How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher’s skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery steadies the island grid. In Papua New Guinea’s highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time.

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Ethiopia wins bid to host Cop32 in 2027, edging out Nigeria

Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' Cop32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event. The more immediate choice of host for next year's Cop31…

The Guardian - AU

Cop out? Anthony Albanese wants to host the next global climate summit – so why isn’t he attending this one?

The Australian PM’s non-attendance at Cop30 would ‘raise questions’ about his seriousness about co-hosting Cop31 in Adelaide

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What will it take? The sweeteners Australia could offer Turkey to snatch COP31

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was diplomatic on his return to Australia this week when quizzed about the ongoing negotiations for the COP31 climate summit with rival Turkey.

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Mad dash to win climate conference hosting rights

The prime minister is hoping to lobby his Turkish counterpart in person in a bid to secure the hosting rights for next year's COP climate conference.

The Guardian - AU

China, climate crisis and Cop31: five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw

Government rules out using taxpayer funds to buy off competing bid as Pacific leaders urge Turkey to step aside as an ‘act of good faith’

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Climate, China concern bookend Pacific leaders meeting

A major Pacific leaders conference has wrapped up, with Australia warned about its stance on major coal and gas projects and "silencing" of Pacific voices.

The Guardian - AU

Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035

Exclusive: Ambitious target would increase the country’s chance of winning rights to host Cop31 in 2026, Christiana Figueres says

The Guardian - AU

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Albanese will need to resolve the standoff with Turkey if Australia is to host Cop31

Hosting the climate summit is a major political and logistical exercise. The prime minister is being urged to turbocharge the diplomatic effort

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