Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit
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- First on desk · 10/5/2026, 10:00:57 PMMixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summitOriginal link
- Update · 10/5/2026, 10:00:57 PMMixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summitOriginal link
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Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The 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 i…
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