Chris Bowen takes leadership role in Cop27 talks as John Kerry praises Australia’s climate U-turn
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Australian climate change minister asked to take over struggling summit negotiations over how to fund climate financing for poor countries
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In a sign Australia has come in from the cold at climate talks after years of being criticised as a laggard, Chris Bowen has been asked to take a leadership role in the final days of faltering negotiations at the UN summit in Egypt.
It came on a day in which Australia's climate change minister was effusively praised by the US climate envoy, John Kerry, and signed up to a global alliance that aims to massively expand offshore wind energy.
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