The elephant in the expo centre: Who's hosting COP29?

A general view of a round table on the commercialisation of Hydrogen at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

DUBAI (Reuters) -There's an unprecedented deadlock at this year's COP28 U.N. climate summit over who will host next year's event.

The conference's opening days saw scant reference to COP29, unlike in previous years, when speakers usually namecheck the next COP presidency to show that the world's climate fighting strategy is mapped out for years to come.