Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia has ceded next year’s United Nations climate conference – COP 31 – to Turkey, but has negotiated a fall back that gives Climate Minister Chris Bowen a prominent role.
Under the arrangement, Australia has also secured a pre-COP meeting to be held in the Pacific.
While the failure to obtain the COP – which was to be...
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