A Guardian article examines how Chris Bowen, Australia's climate change minister, will broker Cop31 negotiations in Antalya among nearly 200 countries while his own country is the world's second largest thermal coal exporter and a top gas exporter. Climate advocates question whether a major fossil fuel producer can lead the move away from coal, oil and gas — Bowen rejects the doubt — while more than 500 scientists urged Anthony Albanese to end coal and gas approvals.