Reasons for hope amid the global warming gloom

The countdown has begun for COP31 in Turkiye in November. However, beforehand the governments of Australia and Fiji will be hosting a major pre-event early next month in Fiji to put Asia Pacific issues on the climate agenda. The last time Asia hosted a COP climate event was in Bali, Indonesia, in 2007. So Australia, which was Turkiye’s main competitor to host COP31, agreed to a deal with Ankara last year whereby a pre-event would be held in October in the region. Already, data indicates that Asi