Australia’s Cop31 chief negotiator plans to lobby petrostates on fossil fuel phaseout
by Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent from on (#72QVD)
Exclusive: Chris Bowen says key to next UN climate summit will be engagement, engagement, engagement' with countries such as Saudi Arabia
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Chris Bowen wants to use his stint as the world's chief climate negotiator to lobby Saudi Arabia and others to stop resisting progress at UN summits, heeding calls for a hard-nosed" approach in dealing with big emitters obstructing the transition.
Appointed president of negotiations" for Cop31 under the deal that handed Turkey hosting rights for the conference, Australia's climate change and energy minister has told Guardian Australia a focus ahead of the summit would be talking to countries with whom we don't traditionally agree".
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