Australia welcomes the Pacific Islands Forum announcement that Fiji and Tuvalu will bring the world to the Pacific as part of the pre-COP climate events to be held later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fiji will host the pre-COP meetings, while Tuvalu will have a special leaders’ component \u2013 ensuring that Pacific priorities are front and centre in global climate negotiations, a critical priority for our region. In addition, Palau will host a special climate event as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in August. Pre-COP is expected to be held in October and will act as a springboard to launch outcomes in the annual UN climate conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an unprecedented opportunity to bring the world to the Pacific, to experience climate impacts and solutions firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through Pre-COP and our Negotiations Presidency, Australia and the Pacific will play a critical role in COP31. Australia\u202fwill also provide operational and logistical support for the Pacific event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T\u00fcrkiye will host COP31 and a World Leaders Summit in Antalya in November 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia acknowledges the role of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Chair, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, the PIF Troika and the PIF Secretariat for facilitating the Pre-COP decision-making process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Pacific countries have long been leaders on climate action, and their voices are central to shaping the global response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Hosting these COP meetings is an opportunity for the global community to hear directly from the people of the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Australia will work closely with our Pacific partners to support a successful Pre-COP as part of our shared effort to address the climate challenge.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Australian Minister for Climate\u202fChange and Energy Chris Bowen:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Our region is at the frontline of the climate crisis, where the effects of climate change are real and immediate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Hosting pre-COP in Fiji, with a leaders’ component in Tuvalu,\u202f\u202fwill bring a global focus to the most pressing challenges facing our region and support investment in solutions which are fit for purpose for our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “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.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Australian Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Pacific nations are bearing the brunt of the devastating effects of climate change but have contributed the least to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Pre-COP\u202fwill be an unprecedented opportunity for the world to listen to the Pacific and understand the existential threat climate change poses for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Hosting the Pre-COP and a leaders’ event in the Blue Pacific is an opportunity for the region to work together on this critical issue and bring global attention to their leadership”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia welcomes the Pacific Islands Forum announcement that Fiji and Tuvalu will bring the world to the Pacific as part of the pre-COP climate events to be held later this year. Fiji will host the pre-COP meetings, while Tuvalu will have a special leaders’ component \u2013 ensuring that Pacific priorities are front and centre in … Continue reading “Australia welcomes\u202fdecision to host pre-COP in\u202fFiji and Tuvalu”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37649,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37648\/revisions\/37649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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