US EditionAustralia will not veto Turkey's COP31 summit bid, Albanese says
Prime Minister Albanese declined to block Turkey's COP31 bid to maintain Pacific unity and avoid a diplomatic deadlock, with consensus required among 28 regional members.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia will not oppose a successful Turkish bid to host next year's COP31 and appeared to offer a diplomatic compromise to benefit Pacific island nations.
- Albanese said, `The way that the system works is that if there is not agreement and there's more than one candidate, it goes to Bonn,` as rival bids from Australia and Türkiye in 2022 create a deadlock under U.N. rules.
- Domestic debates over cost and strategy have complicated Canberra's message as Australia campaigns to host COP31 with the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum despite a US$1.3 billion cost split and rejecting Turkey's shared presidency offer, an Australian government spokesperson said.
- Diplomats have just days left to settle rival bids as negotiators at COP30 in Belém face an urgent deadline, with Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, signalling he might step back.
- Critics say Canberra must step up and press big emitters as Pacific island states face rising seas, while an Australian government spokesperson stressed Australia retains overwhelming support among its peers.
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Australia will not veto Turkey's COP31 summit bid, Albanese says
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