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Kat Wong

Australia to make eleventh-hour bid to seal COP31 deal

Australia will make a last-ditch attempt to host the world's biggest climate conference and bring a years-long deadlock to an end.

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen set off on Saturday for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belem to represent Australia and try to seal the deal on hosting rights for the 2026 event.

The federal government first revealed it would make a tilt at co-hosting COP31 with Australia's Pacific neighbours, in 2022.

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