Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will today travel to Antalya, Türkiye, to lead the Australian delegation and international climate negotiations at COP31.
At a time of global uncertainty and major challenges, Australia’s task as President of COP31 Negotiations, working with COP31 President and hosts Türkiye and our Pacific partners, is to try to bring more than 190 countries together and build agreement on practical climate action that benefits people and communities around the world.
Since May 2022, we have been restoring Australia’s climate leadership at home and abroad – because when the world faces challenges, Australians step up and do their bit.
We have restored Australia’s relationship with the Pacific, and proven we are a reliable, trustworthy partner – willing to work with partners on difficult challenges.
Our region is at the frontline of the climate crisis, where the effects of climate change are real and immediate. COP31 will bring the focus of the world to the impacts, opportunities and priorities in our region.
Global focus on the most pressing challenges facing our region will support investments in solutions which are fit for purpose for our region.
Leading the COP31 negotiations in partnership with the Pacific will strengthen our ties with our closest neighbours, raising our region’s profile in support of shared prosperity, stability and security.
Together, COP31 will accelerate practical action and investment to keep global temperatures to safer limits and help build resilience to climate impacts.
As lead negotiator, Australia will seek to bring consensus to global climate ambition, including accelerating electrification, unlocking investment, improving access to climate finance and advancing ocean action.
Collective action is making a difference. Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, projected warming has fallen from over 4 degrees to 2.6 degrees.
Momentum is building, with twice as much renewable capacity forecast to be installed globally between 2025 and 2030 as compared to the previous five years.
Global clean energy investment is expected to reach US$2.2 trillion in 2026, almost twice the investment flowing to fossil fuels. Clean energy now supports 35 million jobs.
