Australia will make a last-ditch attempt to host the world’s biggest climate conference and bring a years-long deadlock to an end.

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen set off on Saturday for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belem to represent Australia and try to seal the deal on hosting rights for the 2026 event.

The federal government first revealed it would make a tilt at co-hosting COP31 with Australia’s Pacific neighbours, in 2022.

But in the years since, Turkey has doubled down on its own bid for the event, setting up a stalemate that has to be resolved before the 2025 conference ends on Friday.

“It’s not a matter of fighting on for months afterwards - it gets decided at this conference,” Mr Bowen told reporters before hi

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