Ryan Cropp
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Ryan Cropp
@ryancropp.bsky.social
Energy and Climate Reporter at the Australian Financial Review — Author of Donald Horne (2023) — Get in touch: [email protected] Signal: ryancropp.91
Vice President lol
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Today - government confirms it has abandoned Adelaide option, cuts deal with Turkey to share presidency www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Australia’s COP-out not all bad news, says government
Privately, the government believes it has dodged a bullet domestically by ceding next year’s COP summit to Turkey.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Tuesday night - Labor dumps Adelaide option, proposes to give summit to Turkey in exchange for a role for the Pacific

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Albanese dumps Adelaide COP bid to make play for Pacific summit instead
The Albanese government has offered to cede hosting rights to next year’s UN climate summit as long as a world leaders event is held in the Pacific Islands.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
November 6 - federal government hasn’t agreed with SA over how to split costs for the summit

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Labor awaits SA funding support for $1b climate summit
The Albanese government is locked in negotiations with South Australia over how to fund its $1 billion plan to host next year’s UN climate summit in Adelaide.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Government estimates put the cost of hosting at more than $1 billion. Never denied by any government minister despite repeated questioning www.afr.com/politics/fed...
COP that! $1b bill to host UN climate summit
If Adelaide does win hosting rights for the next UN climate summit, the government says it does not want the event to be as large as some earlier gatherings.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas buys a refundable ticket to Belém

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COP bid fraught with risk, warns former climate diplomat
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has bought a refundable ticket and says he will travel to Brazil “in a heartbeat” if it helps secure Adelaide’s attempt to host COP31.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Government decides to send assistant minster Josh Wilson to leaders summit in place of PM www.afr.com/politics/fed...
PM’s COP Brazil snub won’t hurt summit bid, says Labor
The Albanese government says its decision to send a junior minister to next week’s COP30 leaders summit will not affect its bid to host next year’s event.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Scoop on PM not planning to attend, denied by everyone
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PM unlikely to attend Brazil summit as COP bid teeters
The prime minister is set to skip next week’s COP30 summit in Brazil, and Australia’s own bid to host the event is hanging in the balance.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Big read on the bid in August, including interdepartmental tensions and lack of coordination between PMO, DFAT and DCEEWW

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‘It’s not dreaming, it’s dragging’: Inside Labor’s COP bid
The government’s bid to host the COP31 climate summit is more than three years old. Just over a year out from the event, it still hasn’t secured it.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
About ten stories about the governments cautious response to the SA algal bloom environmental disaster in their proposed host city

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Bowen defends summit bid as climate action anger mounts
The Coalition and the Greens joined forces to put pressure on the government to act on an algal bloom that is killing untold numbers of marine wildlife.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Australia’s top climate diplomat resigns and the role is left unfilled for several months

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Australia loses top climate diplomat as COP bid on edge
The Albanese government has left a key diplomatic post vacant as it scrambles to secure hosting rights for a major UN climate summit next year.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Thank you channel nine for reading the story we wrote 24 hours ago
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Does anyone over there know what’s the deal with the COP presidency in the default scenario? Does Germany do it or is there just no president for a year?
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I wrote that in the story
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM