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UN ‘pre-COP’ climate summit kicks off in Fiji

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On Monday, October 5, 2026, the United Nations "pre-COP" climate summit began in Nadi, Fiji. Climate Minister Lynda Tabuya addressed the opening ceremony, emphasizing Pacific leaders' aim to highlight the severe impacts of climate change on their region. This pre-summit event precedes the main COP31 conference scheduled for next month in Turkey.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia traveled to Fiji on October 5 for a Pre-COP31 meeting aimed at bringing global attention to climate change impacts in the Pacific region, which includes visiting Tuvalu on October 6. The summit was co-hosted by Fiji and Tuvalu with support from Australia but faced criticism over its cost, estimated at over $20 million, amid domestic concerns about rising living costs. Only two leaders from outside the Pacific attended the event; most attendees were climate change ministers and heads of global agencies. During his visit to Tuvalu, Albanese saw firsthand the effects of rising sea levels and ongoing efforts like land reclamation projects costing approximately US$50 million. Despite its importance, the meeting received less media coverage than expected due to competing issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) and domestic concerns in Australia like interest rates increasing by 0.1%, overshadowing climate change on the public agenda.

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"It is a great honour on behalf of the government and the people of Fiji, the honourable Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka to open the stakeholder programme of the Pacific pre-COP31," Fiji's Climate Minister Lynda Tabuya told the opening ceremony in Nadi.
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UN ‘pre-COP’ climate summit kicks off in Fiji · assertive framing

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The UN "pre-COP" climate summit kicked off on Monday (October 5, 2026) in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change. asserted
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"It is a great honour on behalf of the government and the people of Fiji, the honourable Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka to open the stakeholder programme of the Pacific pre-COP31," Fiji's Climate Minister Lynda Tabuya told the opening ceremony in Nadi. asserted
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This week's talks in Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit - known as COP31 - to be held next month in Turkey. asserted
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