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Conference of Parties: Agenda of all COPs 1-29?

Agenda of COPs

Introduction of COP

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holds an annual summit where governments of 196 participatory countries and the European Union gather to discuss and negotiate global climate policy. These summits are referred to as Conference of Parties or COPs, and suffix digits show the conference or meeting order number. Every year they are held in different countries, where thousands of people gather at one platform to participate as speakers or audiences. Currently, COP28 is going on in Dubai and roughly 70000 attendees are there to attend, including members of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), business leaders, students, youth, climate scientists, locals, the media, and various other experts and stakeholders.

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COP28 in Dubai United Arab Emirates  Conference of Parties

Goal of COP

The primary goal of the COP is to assess progress in addressing climate change, as well as to negotiate and implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Outcomes of COPs

Several notable agreements have arisen from the COP meetings, including the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, which set legally enforceable targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions and keeping global warming well below 2°C over pre-industrial levels.

Most successful COPs

All of the cops had an agenda to reduce global temperatures and climate change but some of the cops were huge successes. The most successful were COP 3, COP 15, COP 21, and COP 26. In COP3, The Kyoto Protocol was adopted, which established legally enforceable targets for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, COP 15 and 21 were successful because they achieved the below 2 degrees Celsius global temperature limit and 1.5 degrees respectively. COP 26 was also a great accomplishment because it resulted in the increment of the financial aid of developing countries to adopt the Glasgow Climate Pact.

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Tabular details of the Timeline, Location, and Agenda of COPs

Conference of Parties

DateDestination

Agenda

COP1 March 28th to April 7th, 1995Berlin, GermanyImplementation of UNFCCC was focused and a secretariat was established
COP2 July 8th  to 19th , 1996Geneva, SwitzerlandAdoption of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases
COP3 December 1st  to 11th , 1997Kyoto, JapanFinalization of the Kyoto Protocol and establishment of a clean development mechanism CDM
COP4 November 2nd  to 13th , 1998Buenos Aires, ArgentinaImplementation of the Kyoto Protocol and adaptation fund establishment
COP5October  25th   to November 5th , 1999Bonn, GermanyKyoto Protocol operationalization and compliance committee establishment.
COP6 November 13th  to 24th , 2000The Hague, NetherlandsCOP6 aimed to finalize the rules of the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol but it failed.
COP6-2July 16th  to 27th , 2001Bonn, GermanyAnother attempt was made to finalize the rules of implementation

It was a continuation of COP 6 which is why called COP 6-2.

 

COP7October 29th  to November 10th , 2001Marrakech, MoroccoThis conference was focused on the operationalization of the Kyoto Protocol again.
COP8October 23th  to November 1st , 2002New Delhi, IndiaImplementation of Kyoto Protocol and focusing on the establishment of GEF global environment facility.
COP9 December 1st  to 12th , 2003Milan, ItalyImplementation of the Kyoto Protocol and adaptation fund board establishment.
COP10December 6th  to 17th , 2004Buenos Aires, ArgentinaImplementation of the Kyoto Protocol and establishment of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action.
COP11November 28th  to December 9th , 2005Montreal, CanadaImplementation of the Kyoto Protocol and adaptation fund board establishment.
COP12November 6th  to 17th , 2006Nairobi, KenyaImplementation of the Kyoto Protocol and establishment of the Nairobi work program.
COP13 December 3rd  to 15th , 2007Bali, IndonesiaCOP 13 was focused on the re-negotiation of all previous climate agreements to achieve success Kyoto Protocol.
COP14 December 1st  to 12th , 2008Poznań, PolandPost-2012 climate agreement renegotiation and establishment of the adaptation fund board.

 

COP15 December 7th  to 18th , 2009Copenhagen, DenmarkCOP 15 was another trial to negotiate a post-2012 climate agreement but it failed.
COP16November 29th  to December 10th , 2010Cancún, MexicoThe agenda of COP 16th was the implementation of Cancun agreements which resulted in the Green Climate fund.
COP17 November 28th  to December 9th , 2011Durban, South AfricaCOP 17 resulted in the adoption of the Durban platform.
COP18November 26th  to December 7th , 2012Doha, QatarCOP 18 was centered on the implementation of the Durban platform and Doha amendment establishment.
COP19November 11th  to 22th , 2013Warsaw, PolandImplementation of the Warsaw Framework for reducing emissions from desertification and deforestation plus REDD+ and establishment of the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage.
COP20December 1st  to 12th , 2014Lima, PeruCOP 20 was focused on the post-2020 climate agreement negotiation which concluded in the adaptation of the Lima Call for Climate Action
COP21 November 30th  to December 12th , 2015Paris, FranceThe agenda of COP 21 is to set a limitation below 2 degrees Celsius of temperature pre-industrial level to reduce global warming this COP is also known as the Paris Agreement.
COP22 November 7th  to 18th , 2016Marrakech, MoroccoImplementation of the Paris Agreement and establishment of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action.

 

COP23November 6th  to 17th , 2017Bonn, GermanyImplementation of the Paris Agreement and Talanoa dialogue.
COP24December 2nd  to 14th , 2018Katowice, PolandImplementation of the Paris Agreement and adoption of the Katowice rule book which demonstrated the guidelines for implementation of the Paris agreement.

 

COP25 December 2nd  to 13th , 2019Madrid, SpainCOP 25 was based on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the finalization of the rules for the carbon markets.

 

COP26November 1st  to 12th , 2021Glasgow, ScotlandAdoption of the Glasgow climate pact which resulted in increased financial support for developing countries to achieve the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
COP27November 6th to November 18th, 2022Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptEstablishment and operationalization of laws and damage fund.
COP28 November 30th  December 12th , 2023Dubai, United Arab EmiratesCOP 28 is currently going on and focused on the acceleration of the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
COP29November 11th to November 24th , 2024EgyptThe event is likely to focus on raising targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions, providing financial assistance to developing countries to help them transition to clean energy, and devising methods to assess progress and ensure transparency among countries.

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