Application forms for Overflow Badge scheme for COP28, COP29, COP30 and COP31

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This FOI release comprises application forms and process documents for Australian Party Overflow Badges to attend the UN climate conferences COP28, COP29, COP30 and COP31. The forms seek personal details including passport and residence information, the applicant's category and the selection criteria they meet, and include terms and conditions, privacy notices and consent statements covering disclosure to the UNFCCC and publication of participant lists. The COP31 material includes an internal 2026 overflow badge process document setting out assessment steps, decision authorities and fortnightly reporting to the UNFCCC. The release contains no environmental data, species, sites, EPBC Act referrals or emissions information, and no disagreement between departmental advice and ministerial decisions is evident. Several passages are redacted under s22 and s47E(d).