The Australia-Pacific bid to host UN climate talks in 2026 is in limbo. What now?
- Written by Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
Australia and Pacific island nations had hoped to leave this year’s global climate talks in Azerbaijan having won a bid to host the 2026 summit.
Instead, that decision on who will host the 31st “conference of the parties” (COP31) has been deferred until June next year – after Australia’s next federal election. Turkey,...