07.11 - 18.11.2016 | Marrakech, Morocco
UN Climate Change Conference (COP22)
The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) and the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) will be held in Bab Ighli, Marrakech.
The UN Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC Parties (Conferences of the Parties COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. From 2011 the meetings have also been used to negotiate the Paris Agreement as part of the Durban platform activities until its conclusion in 2015, which created a general path towards climate action.
COP 21 was held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015. Negotiations resulted in the adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December, governing climate change reduction measures from 2020. The adoption of this agreement ended the work of the Durban platform, established during COP17. The agreement will enter into force (and thus become fully effective) only if 55 countries which produce at least 55 perccent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions ratify the Agreement.
Climate Alliance at COP22
Climate Alliance is very involved in this year's COP, for example being represented by its COP22 Ambassadors in a variety of side events. On 11 November, tune in live via YouTube (as of 17:30 CET) to our "Local and national climate action in a governance perspective" side event and on 14 November, get ready for Climate Alliance's handover of children's Green Footprints from the ZOOM campaign to the new UNFCCC director, Patricia Espinosa.
