Reports: Spain offers to step in to host COP25 following Chile withdrawal

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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announces Spain has offered to host the crucial UN Climate Summit in Madrid across the same dates as previously scheduled

Madrid could be set to host the COP25 UN Climate Summit, after the Spanish government offered to replace Chile as the host nation. Just a day after Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced he had...

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