Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- Nigeria has lost its bid to host the 32nd session of the United Nations Climate Change Summit, also known as the Conference of Parties (COP32), after Ethiopia clinched the hosting rights.

The decision was formally adopted during a plenary on Tuesday in Belem, Brazil, where delegates are currently gathered for the 30th session (COP30). The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), bringing together nearly 200 countries to negotiate responses to the global climate crisis.

Nigeria's bid was edged out after the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) endorsed Ethiopia as the preferred country to host the conference in 2027 during a closed-door meetin...