WASHINGTON/MADRID – Spain will host U.N. climate change talks in December after Chile withdrew, the United Nations said on Friday, a last-minute switch that raises big logistical challenges and has left activist Greta Thunberg stranded on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
The U.N. climate change talks, known formally as COP25, will be held from Dec. 2 to 13 as originally planned, but in Madrid — over 10,000 km (6,000 miles) away from Santiago.
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