Australia and Turkey are vying to host the annual United Nations climate summit next year, a contest that on Thursday broke into full view during the current talks in Brazil.

Advocates supporting Australia’s bid mounted a news conference to make their case outside the country’s pavilion at COP30 — in an awkward twist, just steps away from Turkey’s location. As workers in the Turkish pavilion began handing out coffee and tea to delegates Thursday morning, First Nations Australians performed a cultural dance.

Australia has a unique opportunity “to be a decarbonizing force for the whole region and indeed the world,” said Rebecca Mikula-Wright, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change, a network of institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand.

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