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NEW CHAPTER IN AFRICAN CLIMATE DIPLOMACY
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|December 2025 - January 2026
ETHIOPIA HAS EDGED OUT NIGERIA TO HOST THE UNITED NATIONS' (UN) COP32 CLIMATE SUMMIT IN 2027, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN 16 YEARS THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE RETURNS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
Announced in November, at this year's COP30 conference, Ethiopia, known as the Land of Origins, will become the fifth African nation to lead the UN-led policy framework—the first being Zimbabwe in 1996, followed by Kenya in 2006, South Africa in 2011, and Egypt in 2022.
Victors are decided once a unanimous decision has been agreed among all countries in the host nation's region; Nigeria reportedly bowed out of the running, believing Ethiopia to be better prepared.
“We are deeply grateful for the trust and confidence bestowed on the Ethiopian people and government,” Leulseged Tadese Abebe, Ethiopia's Ambassador to Brazil, said in a plenary session during the COP30 summit.
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