Australia’s prime minister has arrived in Fiji for a major UN climate summit preparatory meeting, emphasizing the need to amplify Pacific voices ahead of the upcoming Cop31 talks in Turkey. The gathering in Nadi, attended by around 4,000 participants, stands out as both a climate strategy session and a platform to highlight the urgent challenges facing vulnerable island nations. Unlike typical pre-summit discussions, this event is designed to draw global focus to the climate crisis’s disproportionate impact on the Pacific region. Political opposition at home has criticized the government’s approach as the meeting unfolds.
Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summitSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has declared it is “important that Pacific voices are heard” after landing in Fiji on Monday to attend his first UN climate summit since becoming prime minister more than four years ago.Albanese joined about 4,000 people in Nadi for a preparatory meeting for the year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit in Turkey while facing criticism from his political opponents at home. Pre-Cop meetings are usually small and bureaucratic affairs, but this meeting has a double purpose: it is being held in the Pacific after Australia and regional leaders argued it would help bring global attention to the plight of countries most at risk from the climate crisis.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
