A longstanding race to host next year's COP31 summit ended with a win for Türkiye, which competed against Australia. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that they would lead the conference's negotiations among governments and that Türkiye would host next year's U.N. climate summit, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil.
The annual COP conferences are the world's main forum for driving climate action. The compromise would resolve a stand-off between Australia and Türkiye over who would stage COP31. Both bid in 2022 to host it and refused to stand down.
The two sides were now close to a deal that would se
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