A Growing Problem Demands Reckoning as Australia Leads COP31 Climate Talks

Australia’s climate minister is about to walk a diplomatic tightrope at COP31

Saeed Khan/Getty Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, is about to embark on his most significant diplomatic challenge. For the next two weeks, Bowen takes on the role of “president of negotiations” at the United Nations climate summit, COP31, in Turkey, also called Türkiye. Bowen is regarded as a strong negotiator, held in high esteem by close observers of the COP process. As well as legislating Australia’s emissions …

A growing problem demands reckoning as Australia leads COP31 climate talks

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Australia’s Chris Bowen Faces Pressure Over Fossil Fuel Exports as He Leads COP31 Talks

Chris Bowen, Australia’s climate change minister, is set to lead negotiations between nearly 200 countries at UN climate talks this week, even as he faces calls to set aside support for his country’s fossil fuel export industries, worth close to US$100bn, and push for a global agreement to move away from coal, gas and oil. […] The post Australia’s Chris Bowen Faces Pressure Over Fossil Fuel Exports as He Leads COP31 Talks first appeared on Envir…