WHAT ABOUT COP31? FT. BULA COP31! (PART ONE)

About this episode

James and Daisy discuss the upcoming COP 31 with guests Jack Whelan and Heidi Dumesich, focusing on climate diplomacy and the role of host countries.

COP 31 will be held in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026. While Türkiye will serve as host country, taking responsibility for the logistics and operations of the conference, Australia will lead the negotiations. To ensure Pacific interests remain at the heart of the summit, the Pre-COP will be hosted in Fiji, supported by the Government of Australia. This represents an unprecedented opportunity to bring the world to the Pacific to experience climate impacts and solutions firsthand. In this collaborative, cross-continental episode, James and Daisy are joined by Jack Whelan and Heidi Dumesich, hosts of Bula COP31!, for an intergenerational conversation about the COP process. For this first instalment, James is in the hot seat to share his learnings from what he’s seen on the ground at previous COPs. How can the COP presidency influence outcomes? How does geopolitics shape climate diplomacy? Is it time for structural reform of the process? SOME RECOMMENDATIONS: BulaCOP31! – To learn more about what it means for Australia and Türkiye to co-host COP31, listen to Jack and Heidi’s podcast. OTHER ADVOCATES AND RESOURCES: COP31 – Türkiye will be the formal COP31 President…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Cameron, Daisy Nicholls

Guests: Jack Whelan, Heidi Dumesich

Topics covered

• climate diplomacy
• COP process
• geopolitics
• Pacific interests
• climate impacts
• structural reform

Keywords

• COP 31
• climate change
• Antalya
• Türkiye
• Australia
• Bula COP31
• geopolitics
• climate diplomacy
• Pacific

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bula COP31!

Places: Türkiye, Australia, Antalya

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