UN Climate Change Conference (COP32)

UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) is the 32nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is scheduled for 8–19 November 2027 in Addis Ababa, according to the dates set in a UNFCCC decision on future sessions. Under that decision it is held together with the 22nd meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the ninth meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement.

Ethiopia was endorsed as host by the African Group of Negotiators, ahead of a rival bid by Nigeria, as the continent’s turn in the regional rotation came up. This is the first COP in Africa since COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in 2022. Ethiopia’s foreign minister, Gedion Timothewos, is the president-designate. Ethiopia also hosted the second Africa Climate Summit in September 2025, which reported more than 26,000 participants.

Ethiopian officials say they want the conference to focus on implementation, international cooperation and climate action. Press coverage notes that disagreements over climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels, which featured at COP31, are likely to carry into the negotiations. The venue, accreditation process and official conference page had not been confirmed at the time of writing.