Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host Cop31
by Guardian staff and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#71KHX)
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
Papua New Guinea has voiced frustration after Australia ditched a bid to co-host next year's UN climate talks with its Pacific island neighbours.
We are all not happy. And disappointed it's ended up like this," foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko told Agence France-Presse after Australia ceded hosting rights to Turkey.
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