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Federal politics live: Australia drops push to host COP31, Chris Bowen to lead summit
Australia has ceded the COP31 climate summit to Türkiye but Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will be the president of the summit pending Ankara's approval.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the government's action on immigration, saying Labor has reduced migration numbers.
The Coalition is forming a policy on immigration, which some reports suggest will include tougher screening.
Speaking to ABC Radio Perth, he says a spike in migration after the COVID pandemic was expected, but that numbers are now moderating.
Albanese says the Coalition's pivot to immigration shows they want to divert attention away from their energy policy.
Australia formally dumps COP bid, seeks to salvage concessions
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Australia has formally dumped its bid to host next year’s United Nations COP31 climate summit in Adelaide and ceded the event to rival Turkey.
In return for the Turks hosting the summit in the resort region of Antalya, the Albanese government has proposed that Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen shares the presidency of the event with Turkey and that there be a pre-COP summit in the Pacific to act as pledging event towards a Pacific Resilience Fund, an Australian initiative.
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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 Australia may lead negotiations
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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 being thrashed out between the countries’ climate ministers, Chris Bowen and Murat Kurum, at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belém on Wednesday.
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