Ethiopia is set to be confirmed on Tuesday as host of the COP32 climate summit in 2027, the president of this year’s COP30 gathering told Reuters.
The choice of host for next year’s COP31 remains a point of contention, however, with both Australia and Turkey vying for the 2026 event. Australia made its COP31 bid in partnership with the Pacific Islands, which are considered to be among the world’s most vulnerable places to climate change.
Participating countries agreed in principle to hold the 2027 conference in Ethiopiaâs capital, Addis Ababa, during the first day of Brazil’s COP30 on Monday, COP30 President AndrĂ© CorrĂȘa do Lago said.
The choice still needs to be formally adopted, which is expected to occur on Tuesday. A delegate from an industrialized country told Reuters they could not imagine why there would be a problem.
Ethiopia launched its bid in September, competing with Nigeria. But the Bureau of African Countries unanimously resolved to advance Ethiopia as the host candidate, sources told Reuters.
COP summits rotate around the world’s regions. This year’s conference is being held in the Amazonian city of Belem. Next yearâs hosting choice within the âWestern Europe and Othersâ group has been hung up for months, with neither Turkey nor Australia backing down.
CorrĂȘa do Lago urged countries in the Western European group on Monday to resolve their impasse as soon as possible. If it cannot be resolved, the conference would be held in Bonn, Germany, where the U.N. climate agency is based.
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