Turkey and Australia Reach Compromise Deal for COP31 Climate Summit Hosting Arrangements

Nov 20, 2025 08:46 am CST

Turkey is set to host the COP31 UN climate summit while Australia will lead the intergovernmental negotiations under a developing compromise agreement. Both nations had submitted competing bids in 2022 for hosting the Conference of the Parties, the world's leading climate action forum, with neither willing to withdraw. The arrangement would include a pre-COP event in the Pacific region, though negotiations at COP30 in Brazil have not yet officially concluded.