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Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?

After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.

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Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next

At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations.

The Conversation

NGOs lament missed 'COPportunity' for SA and climate

Pacific advocates hope their climate ambitions can still be achieved from the wreckage of Australia's bid to host the COP31 summit.

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

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

The Guardian - AU

Guterres and Lula to push negotiators at COP30 as deadline looms

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are jumping into the United Nations climate talks as they get to crunch time

The Independent UK

Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’

Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests

The Guardian - AU

Cop30: Scientists warn countries must act decisively to protect people and life or risk ‘suffering for billions’ – as it happened

As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut

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More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

The Guardian - UK

‘Without our expertise, mistakes get made’: the Cop30 campaign to give workers a voice

In this week’s newsletter: The green transition’s effect on workers is a hot topic, as advocates push for those working at the frontlines to have a say in climate policy

The Guardian - UK

More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

The Guardian - US

Bam! What is the acronym everyone is talking about at Cop30?

Securing the Belém Action Mechanism is a top priority for climate justice advocates at the talks in Brazil

The Guardian - UK

Cop30 enters crunch week as fights over money and fossil fuels intensify

The Cop30 climate summit enters its final week in Brazil with ministers heading into closed rooms to fight over climate money, fossil fuels and how to protect people already hit by rising heat, storms and floods. Civil society groups say trust is thin after a decade of broken promises.

Radio France Internationale

3 Energy Giants Amp Up Dividends—Here’s What It Means for Investors

Exxon, Cameco, and ConocoPhillips raised dividends in 2025; here’s how yields and payout growth stack up across oil and nuclear energy stocks.

MarketBeat

Fact check: Did Brazil chop down 100,000 trees for COP30?

As European leaders take part in COP30, claims that the controversial Avenida Liberdade — a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon — was constructed specifically for the climate summit have spread online.

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Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear

Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems.

The Guardian - UK

Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges

Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it

The Guardian - UK

Can Cop30 begin the process of phasing out fossil fuels?

Ending use of coal, oil and gas is essential in tackling climate crisis – but even talking about it is controversial

The Independent UK

As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it

At the halfway point of annual United Nations climate negotiations in Brazil, it appears the talks may do more than just focus on implementing past promises, as some observers had expected

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PM disputes price tag attached to major climate meeting

Suggestions hosting a global climate summit could cost Australian taxpayers more than $2 billion have been rejected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Radio France Internationale

Climate protesters rally in Brazil at COP30 halfway mark

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the UN's COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city.

The Guardian - UK

Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken?

Swamped by lobbyists and hobbled by a lack of urgency, there are fears Cop could become a sprawling spectacle that betrays those who depend on it most

The Guardian - UK

Protesters blockade Cop30 summit over plight of Indigenous peoples

Munduruku people demand to speak to Brazil’s president, saying they are never listened to

Radio France Internationale

Brazil climate summit hosts highest ever share of fossil fuel lobbyists

One in 25 participants at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil is tied to the oil and gas sector, the highest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists so far at the United Nations climate talks. Their presence is driving growing unease over influence, conflicts of interest and the way the negotiations…

The Guardian - UK

As Cop30 meets, climate is slipping down the boardroom agenda

Letter: Sonia Falconieri fears the fight against the climate crisis is losing ground in among businesses. Plus letters from Pat Ready and Pete Lavender

The Guardian - US

Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’

Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém

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