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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Adam Morton

Albanese will need to resolve the standoff with Turkey if Australia is to host Cop31

Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese has not attended a Cop since becoming prime minister, but is being urged to help secure Australia’s bid to host Cop31 in Adelaide in 2026. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Australian government’s bid to host a major global climate conference in Adelaide next year wasn’t supposed to go like this.

A two-week meeting of diplomats at the UN climate headquarters in Bonn, Germany, failed to resolve what has become a long-running issue: whether the summit known as Cop31 would be held in Australia or Turkey, the only other nation vying for the rights.

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