27TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP 27)

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

Conference of the parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC). A key task for the COP is to review the national communications and emission inventories submitted by Parties. Based on this information, the COP assesses the effects of the measures taken by Parties and the progress made in achieving the ultimate objective of the Convention. Since 2015, under the legally-binding Paris Agreement treaty, almost all countries in the world have committed to:

Keep the rise in global average temperature to ‘well below’ 2°C, and ideally 1.5°C, above pre-industrial levels.

Strengthen the ability to adapt to climate change and build resilience.

Align finance flows with ‘a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’.

Source: UNFCCC International

The COP meets every year, unless the Parties decide otherwise. The first COP meeting was held in Berlin, Germany in March, 1995.

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022, seeks renewed solidarity between countries to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement, for people and the plan

Delivering for people and the planet

From 6 to 18 November, Heads of State, ministers, and negotiators, along with climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs are meeting in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the largest annual gathering on climate action.

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP27 – builds on the outcomes of COP26 to deliver action on an array of issues critical to tackling the climate emergency – from urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building resilience, and adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change, to delivering on the commitments to finance climate action in developing countries.

Faced with a growing energy crisis, record greenhouse gas concentrations, and increasing extreme weather events, COP27 seeks renewed solidarity between countries, to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement, for people and the planet.

It will cost the equivalent of just US$0.50 per person per year for the next five years to reach everyone in the world with early warnings against the increasingly extreme and dangerous weather that continues to threaten countless lives, says a plan unveiled today by the Secretary General.

Developing countries call for climate justice

The COP27 Climate Implementation Summit saw world leaders raise their voices for concrete action, particularly on adaptation, and loss and damage, to help billions of people cope with climate emergencies.

Source: United Nations