United Nations Climate Change Conference

Highlights - 2018 UN Climate Change Conference - COP24 - Katowice (Poland) 11-15 December - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Foreign relations, Law, Government, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Climate change policy, Environment, Global warming, Talanoa Dialogue, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Paris Agreement

Following the intense political process in negotiating the Paris Agreement at the COP21 in Paris in December 2015, the ensuing climate conferences are expected to focus on preparing and delivering on the modalities for implementing the agreement.

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  • Following the intense political process in negotiating the Paris Agreement at the COP21 in Paris in December 2015, the ensuing climate conferences are expected to focus on preparing and delivering on the modalities for implementing the agreement.
  • This preparatory work started during the COP22 in Marrakesh in 2016 and continued during the Bonn summit in 2017.
  • The Paris Rulebook and the first outcomes of the inaugurated in Jan 2018 Talanoa Dialogue are expected from the Katowice talks in December 2018.
  • In line with the European Parliament's climate commitments, a delegation of 14 MEPs headed by Ms Adina Vlean, Chair of the Environment Committee, will be attending COP24 from 11-15 December.