Multiple reports over the past week, citing anonymous sources, have suggested that the Chinese Communist Party is considering a bid to host COP33, the United Nations’ premier climate-alarmist summit scheduled for 2028. [some emphasis, links added]
The gatherings, formally the “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP UNFCCC),” are annual summits in which thousands of elites representing world governments, energy companies, and extremist environmental groups convene to promote climate alarmism ideology.
Ideally, the conferences end with joint commitments, typically to force wealthier countries to spend billions of dollars to offset the alleged “climate crisis.” The next two editions, COP31 and COP32, are scheduled to be hosted by Turkey and Ethiopia, respectively.
The Chinese government, reports from Bloomberg News and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) suggested, is considering whether it would be a suitable host for COP33 despite its position as the world’s most prolific emitter of toxic gases and its extensive destruction of environments around the world through mining for critical minerals in impoverished African countries and at home.
Beijing is reportedly considering bidding to host the climate conference after another major world polluter, India, dropped out of the bidding.
According to Bloomberg News, which first reported on the matter on Friday, the Communist Party is hoping to “show greater global leadership” in environmentalism and climate alarmism, in contrast to its atrocious environmental record.
“People familiar with the issue” reportedly told Bloomberg that China is in the “early stage” of presenting a bid and that the Communist Party hasn’t committed to hosting the summit, but this could change after the country studies the possibility more closely.
AFP, citing its own sources, similarly reported that China feels it needs to “burnish its reputation as a leader in the fight against global warming.”
In reality, China is leading the world in carbon emissions, maritime destruction, and other forms of environmental damage that “green” activists say are worsening the alleged “climate crisis.”
Fossil China vs Green hype
You’re told China is green
Reality: China is predominantly fossil fuel-powered, as is the rest of the world
China’s renewable energy share 40% in 1971 when poor (wood, dung)
As average Chinese got 35x richer over the period, fossil fuels maxed at… pic.twitter.com/eSvFowKs7z
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) August 3, 2026
“Beijing has not yet made a final decision regarding the proposal for the COP33 summit, both sources said, nor is there a clear timeline for doing so. The host does not have to be decided this year,” AFP added.
Asked about the reports on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry offered a noncommittal answer.
“We do not have information on that for the time being,” spokesman Lin Jian told reporters. “The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an important platform for global climate governance. China will continue its active support for and participation in it.”
China joining the list of COP hosts would further damage the summit’s reputation after years of complaints from the most extreme sectors of the “green” movement that energy companies and state interests have hijacked COP meetings.
The past three editions have all been controversial for a variety of reasons, and prominent environmental activists have condemned them for taking insufficient action in the face of what they consider a nearly inevitable global catastrophe.
The 2023 edition, COP28, was hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
That summit was immediately controversial after the country named Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), president of the event.
Environmentalists decried that the event would become a platform for whitewashing fossil fuel use, their rage exacerbated when the left-wing Guardian newspaper revealed that Adnoc had somehow been given access to the email system used to plan the summit.
Ultimately, over 70,000 elites flew into Dubai for the summit, which ended with a limited agreement to increase global climate funding.
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