♦ Ethiopia is set to be confirmed on 10 November 2025 as host of the COP32 climate summit in 2027.

♦ 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 Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, during the first day of Brazil’s COP30 on 10 November 2025, COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago said.