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Ethiopia Confirmed as 2027 COP32 Climate Summit Host
11 Nov
Summary
- Ethiopia set to host COP32 climate summit in 2027
- Australia and Turkey competing to host COP31 in 2026
- COP30 currently underway in Belem, Brazil
According to the president of this year's COP30 gathering, participating countries have agreed in principle to hold the 2027 COP32 climate conference in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. The choice still needs to be formally adopted, which is expected to occur on Tuesday, November 12, 2025.
The selection of the host for next year's COP31 summit, however, remains a point of contention. Both Australia and Turkey are competing to host the 2026 event, with Australia making its bid in partnership with the Pacific Islands, which are considered among the world's most vulnerable places to climate change.
The COP summits rotate around the world's regions, and this year's conference is being held in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. The choice of host for the 2026 COP31 within the "Western Europe and Others" group has been hung up for months, with neither Turkey nor Australia backing down. If the impasse cannot be resolved, the conference would be held in Bonn, Germany, where the U.N. climate agency is based.
