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Government reaffirms that best Cop outcome is one that elevates Pacific voices
Pat Conroy, the minister for defence industry, said Australia is still seeking to host the UN climate summit in Adelaide next year, but is being frank with the Australian people that any one country can block a successful bid.
We’re continuing to negotiate the best possible outcome for progress on climate action and to draw attention to what’s occurring in the Pacific. And so we are still negotiating. We’re still seeking to win the rights to host the Cop in conjunction with the Pacific. But we’re also being frank with the Australian people that the UN framework convention has consensus rules, which means that any one country can block a successful bid.
We’re still seeking to host that Cop, but we’ve been very clear. That our focus is on getting a positive outcome for climate action and highlighting what is going on in the Pacific.
We’ve said that we would not veto Turkey if they choose them. They haven’t been chosen yet, but we would not veto it.
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Source: www.theguardian.com
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