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Australia’s climate minister is about to walk a diplomatic tightrope at COP31

By Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland

Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, is about to embark on his most significant diplomatic challenge. For the next two weeks, Bowen takes on the role of “president of negotiations” at the United Nations climate summit, COP31, in Turkey, also called Türkiye.

Bowen is regarded as a strong negotiator, held…

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