Topic summary
COP25
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Prelude
COP25 was originally planned to be held in Brazil in November 2019, but a year before the planned start, newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro withdrew the offer to host the event, citing economic reasons. Chile stepped up and became the new host, but massive protests against social inequality in the lead-up to the meeting forced it in late October 2019 to withdraw from hosting. Then by mutual agreement between the UN, Chile, and Spain, the latter became the new host.