COP32 UN Climate Change Conference

What this countdown tracks

The clock above counts down to COP32, the 32nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, expected to be hosted by Ethiopia in Addis Ababa beginning Monday, November 8, 2027. Under the African Group's regional rotation, COP32 follows COP31 in Antalya, Turkey (2026) and is the second consecutive African-region COP since COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2022.

About this summit

COP is the supreme body of the UN climate convention and the venue for negotiating instruments under the 1992 Convention, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and the 2015 Paris Agreement. The presidency rotates among the five UN regional groups; the African Group's pick for 2027 is Ethiopia, with Addis Ababa — also home to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa — hosting at the AU Conference Centre and adjacent UNECA campus.

The 2027 COP lands in the implementation phase of the Paris Agreement: the second Global Stocktake feeds into the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions due by February 2025, and parties' performance against the Glasgow Climate Pact targets becomes the central political question. The new collective quantified goal on climate finance, agreed at COP29 Baku, faces its first major review milestone at COP32, and the Loss and Damage Fund's operational record will be scrutinized.

Agenda

Expect headline items on the trajectory of the Just Transition Work Programme, finalization of Article 6.4 carbon-market methodologies under the Supervisory Body, the Mitigation Work Programme's 2030 alignment recommendations, the Adaptation Fund replenishment, and African priorities including drought resilience, the Great Green Wall, and grid build-out for renewables. Loss and damage operationalization continues to draw the largest political attention.

Past meetings

• 2026: COP31 Antalya, Turkey.
• 2025: COP30 Belém, Brazil — first Amazon-hosted COP.
• 2024: COP29 Baku, Azerbaijan.
• 2023: COP28 Dubai, UAE — first Global Stocktake.
• 2022: COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — Loss and Damage Fund agreed in principle.
• 2021: COP26 Glasgow, UK — Glasgow Climate Pact.

How to follow

Live plenaries stream on unfccc.int. The UNFCCC YouTube channel publishes daily summaries, and the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) is the canonical detailed readout. Major broadcasters — Al Jazeera, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Climate Home News, Carbon Brief — anchor on-site coverage. Standard hashtag: #COP32.

Related countdowns

Pair this with peer climate and multilateral pages: COP31 Antalya 2026, G20 UK 2027, G7 UK 2027, BRICS Summit 2027, and Davos 2027.

FAQ

When is COP32? Expected to begin Monday, November 8, 2027 and run through the third week of November. Where is it held? Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the African Group's regional rotation. Why does COP32 matter? It is the second African-region COP since 2022 and falls in the critical implementation window of the Paris Agreement post-Global-Stocktake. Is the host confirmed? The African Group expected to nominate Ethiopia at COP31; final confirmation comes via the UNFCCC bureau.