Ethiopia set to host UN's 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecided

Security personnel clash with indigenous people and students as they storm the venue during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 11, 2025. [AFP]

Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year's UN climate 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.