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Bowen’s side role at international summit will cost taxpayers almost $150m
Australia will spend nearly $150 million on Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s side role as president of negotiations at the United Nations’ next climate conference, as well as on supporting Pacific nations to participate in the global event.
During a Senate estimates hearing on Monday, Environment Department officials told Liberal senator Sarah Henderson that the May budget had allocated the funding – which includes 70 full-time equivalent staff – in the lead-up to the 31st Conference of the Parties meeting in November, otherwise known as COP31.
Bowen was appointed to the role of president of negotiations for COP31 as a consolation prize after the Albanese government withdrew its bid to host the summit, ceding the rights to Turkey.
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Bowen is asked by my colleague Dan Jervis-Bardy, about the Guardian’s reporting on a leaked internal memo from mining company BHP that it’s delayed or stalled key climate projects to reduce emissions.
The energy minister brushes off some of the concerns and says that he’s made his expectations on emissions reductions with emitters “crystal clear” both publicly and privately.
Bowen says there are some challenges around the technology available to reduce emissions but that either way BHP has to abide by the government’s safeguard mechanism.
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