Chris Bowen faces a titanic task at Cop31. What will it take for the world to make the climate crisis its top priority? | Adam Morton

Whether the global community can bring itself to name fossil fuels as the cause of the climate emergency will be at the centre of debate in Antalya Australian politics could have looked markedly different this week if the Albanese government had succeeded in its longstanding bid to host a major UN climate summit in Adelaide. Tens of thousands of people, including ministers and diplomats representing 200 countries, would have descended on the city of the toxic algal bloom to meet, lobby and negotiate over how to tackle the climate crisis, and wander the halls of a massive green trade fair that runs alongside the formal talks.