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Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible | Adam Morton

20 novembre 2025 à 08:16

While the outcome is a let down for those who want Australia to do better on climate, Chris Bowen looks set to play a pivotal role in the UN talks

Ouch. From one perspective, Australia’s long-running bid to host the Cop31 UN climate conference next year has ended in clear failure.

It campaigned for more than three years for the right to put on the world’s biggest climate summit and green trade fair, which would have brought tens of thousands of people to the South Australian capital of Adelaide next November.

Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide

The Guardian

Par :Adam Morton and Tom McIlroy

20 novembre 2025 à 02:51

Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations

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.