Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year’s UN cliamte conference: Australia or Turkey. But for 2027, there’s little mystery: it will almost certainly be Ethiopia, an African diplomatic powerhouse.

The news broke on the second day of COP30, the 30th UN climate change conference held in Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon.

Richard Muyungi, chair of the Africa Group of Negotiators told AFP the group “has endorsed Ethiopia.” The Brazilian presidency of COP30 confirmed the African countries’ choice to AFP.

It’s not yet official — the decision still needs to be officially adopted by all participating nations during the conference, which ends on November 21 — but that should be a formality.

“We welcome the announcement of COP32 in Ethiopia and look forward to elevating Africa’

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