Africa's table. Ethiopia's turn.

Addis Ababa will host COP32 from 8–19 November 2027. Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and the permanent seat of the African Union — a city with a recent record of hosting large-scale climate diplomacy on the continent.

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8–19 November 2027 · Addis Ababa · UNFCCC

Why Addis Ababa

Three terraces of a highland city

Coffee & the land

Ethiopia is coffee's country of origin — a relationship between land, climate, and livelihood that spans millennia. Agriculture across the highlands depends on stable seasons and healthy watersheds; climate change is a direct threat to that foundation.

Green Legacy

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative is the country's evidence at COP32: billions of seedlings planted, forest cover rising, and a 2027 cumulative target framed explicitly for the conference.

More than 48 billion seedlings planted since 2019

As of June 2026 (citing 2025 campaign total) · ENA, citing Green Legacy / PM Abiy Ahmed

65 billion cumulative seedlings by 2027

As of 16 June 2026 · Fana Media Corporation, citing PM Abiy Ahmed

Seat of the Union

Addis Ababa is the permanent headquarters of the African Union. In September 2025, the city hosted the Second Africa Climate Summit — a precedent for large-scale climate diplomacy on African soil.

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Progress

Confirmed milestones

Dated figures from public sources — not a live counter.

Green Legacy — cumulative seedlings

More than 48 billion seedlings planted since 2019

As of June 2026 (citing 2025 campaign total) · ENA, citing Green Legacy / PM Abiy Ahmed

National forest cover

Rose from 17.2% (2019) to 23.6% (2023)

As of June 2024 forest cover report · ENA / Ethiopian Forestry Development

Second Africa Climate Summit

Hosted in Addis Ababa, 8–10 September 2025 — more than 25,000 participants; produced the African Leaders’ Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action

As of Sept 2025 · African Union Commission

Programme & logistics

Full agenda published closer to the event

Negotiations, side events, and pavilions will be listed here when the host committee and UNFCCC publish official materials. No sample schedule.

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Media hub

Accreditation process — opening date to be confirmed

Press briefing calendars and exhibitor directories remain empty until the host committee publishes real listings.

Official statements to date →