Belém, Brazil, Nov 19, 2025 (AFP) - Australia set to cede COP31 hosting rights to Turkey: sources close to matter

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2025-11-20

Australia is ready to cede the rights to host next year's UN climate talks to Turkey in a proposed deal that would end a protracted battle over who would stage COP31, three sources familiar with the matter told AFP on Wednesday. Under the highly unusual arrangement, COP31 would take place in Turkey but who would preside over the meeting -- Australia or Turkey -- was still being negotiated, the sources said. Any decision has to be adopted by conse......

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