Australia will lead the negotiations at Cop31, but the talks will take place in Antalya, Turkey. The source says the arrangement is a compromise reached after a dispute between the two countries over hosting rights.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged in 2021, while in opposition, that Australia would host the summit. The report says arcane rules meant Australia had to wait its turn to bid, and that the country then became embroiled in an angry row with Turkey over the hosting.
The report says the Australian media has given the summit less coverage than it has given to previous host countries. It also says Australia has seemed to some observers a rather half-hearted host. The report says Albanese will speak at the opening of the leaders' segment but is unlikely to stay long.