Tuvalu, tiny Pacific nation at the forefront of climate crisis, to host world leaders before Cop31 summit

Conference president expresses ‘complete faith’ in Chris Bowen to lead tough negotiations Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tuvalu, the Pacific nation at the forefront of the global climate crisis, will host a special meeting of world leaders before this year’s Cop31 summit, as the conference president expresses “complete faith” in Chris Bowen to lead tough negotiations. Turkey’s climate minister, Murat Kurum, is president-designate for the November summit, set to see world leaders meet in Antalya to thrash out new targets for cutting carbon emissions. After a drawn-out fight with Australia over hosting rights, Kurum used his first letter to global partners overnight to announce plans for the pre-summit meeting to take place in Fiji in October. He and Bowen, Australia’s energy and emissions minister, will also convene a special leaders’ event in Tuvalu as part of the preparations. The main leaders’ summit will take place in Antalya, Turkey, on 11-12 November, part of a joint model agreed between the Albanese government and the administration of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kurum said Bowen

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