"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. Independent sources confirmed to the Guardian that the fortnight-long event would be held in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in November 2026. The details of a deal were thrashed out between the countries' climate ministers, Chris Bowen and Murat Kurum, at the Cop30 conference in Brazil this week."
"Sources said Australia had proposed an arrangement under which it would take on the Cop presidency and lead the negotiations, in return for backing down on the hosting venue. Sign up: AU Breaking News email The agreement was also expected to include a separate leaders' meeting to be held in the Pacific. Pacific islands nations had been promised they would be co-hosts, and that there would be a significant international focus on the threat the climate crisis poses to their survival,"
"Bowen and Kurum were meeting with the rest of the Western Europe and Others Group of countries, which has responsibility for nominating next year's host, late on Wednesday in Brazil. The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, had signalled he had changed his messaging on hosting the world's biggest climate meeting in a press conference in Perth late on Tuesday, local time,"
Turkey will host COP31 in Antalya in November 2026 after Australia withdrew its push to host in Adelaide despite investing more than three years in the campaign. Independent sources confirmed the fortnight-long event and said climate ministers Chris Bowen and Murat Kurum thrashed out deal details at COP30 in Brazil. Australia proposed taking the COP presidency and leading negotiations in return for giving up the hosting venue. The arrangement was expected to include a separate leaders' meeting in the Pacific and co-hosting recognition for Pacific island nations, with a significant international focus on threats the climate crisis poses to their survival. Albanese's change in messaging reportedly undermined the Australia-Pacific bid.
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