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WEBConcept note. Third meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage - Report of the Board to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-ninth session and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its sixth session. 17 Sep 2024.
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …
WEBThe UNFCCC is a “Rio Convention”, one of two opened for signature at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. Its sister Rio Conventions are the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification. The three are intrinsically linked. It is in this context that the Joint Liaison Group was set up to boost cooperation ...
History of the Convention - UNFCCC
WEBThe Paris Agreement seeks to accelerate and intensify the actions and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Its central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 ...
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) | UNFCCC
WEBThe Paris Agreement and NDCs. Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are at the heart of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of its long-term goals. NDCs embody efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Paris Agreement (Article 4, paragraph 2) requires each Party to prepare ...
UN Climate Change - Essential information - UNFCCC
WEBThe Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. Find more information about the Paris Agreement and how technology, finance and capacity-building engage the world to keep temperature below 1.5° Celsius.The original text is available in all 6 UN languages .
Convention documents - UNFCCC
WEBConvention documents. The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The original ...
GCAP UNFCCC - Home Page
WEBThe Global Climate Action portal has launched at COP26 the tracking of voluntary climate actions and cooperative initiatives. Please be aware that data is continuing to be added in the portal, and the information displayed is subject to change until the process is complete and this message removed. OpenClosefilters. Actors. Locations and Regions.
Everything You Need to Know About the IPCC Report | UNFCCC
WEBThe report focuses on a number of areas, including: Fossil Fuels. The report makes it clear that the only realistic way to keep within 1.5C is to phase out coal use fully and reduce the amount of fossil fuels we burn. Every other measure from planting trees to carbon capture technology is secondary to reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
Annual report 2021 - UNFCCC
WEBThe UN Climate Change secretariat’s 2021 annual report highlights results from the actions undertaken by the secretariat last year, including: the outcomes from the 2021 May-June Climate Change Sessions (the first time all Parties came together since COP25 in 2019); the positive outcomes from COP 26 in Glasgow, where Parties adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact, which aims to turn the 2020s into ...
What are United Nations Climate Change Conferences? | UNFCCC
WEBMeetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP/CMP/CMA): The Conference of the Parties – meeting as COP, CMP and CMA – serves two main purposes: 1. To review the implementation of the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, respectively; and. 2. To adopt decisions to further develop and …