Australia can switch from fossil fuel exports to renewables, says next Cop president

<p>Climate minister Chris Bowen says country must prepare for changing world and can play bigger role in reducing emissions</p><p>Australia will find exporting fossil fuels increasingly difficult but can switch to exporting clean energy products, the president of the next UN climate negotiations has declared.</p><p>Speaking at a climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, argued his country had led the global push to “transition away from fossil fuels” – based on the rapid growth of renewable energy and batteries in its domestic power grids – and that its economy could manage the switch.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/13/australia-fossil-fuel-exports-renewables-cop-chris-bowen">Continue reading...</a>

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