Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide
by Adam Morton and Tom McIlroy from on (#71KD7)
Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations
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Turkey will host the Cop31 climate conference after the Australian government dropped its push to hold the event in Adelaide at the last moment despite having invested in a more than three-year campaign.
But Australia's climate change minister, Chris Bowen, is expected to lead climate negotiations at the summit in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in November 2026 under a compromise deal to resolve a standoff between the two countries.
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