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The global stocktake is a critical turning point when it comes to efforts to address climate change – it’s a moment to take a long, hard look at the state of our planet and chart a better course for the future.
COP29 UN Climate Conference Agrees to Triple Public Finance to …
6 hours ago · UN Climate Change News, 24 November 2024 – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) closed today with a new finance goal to help countries to protect their people and economies against climate disasters, and share in the vast benefits of the clean energy boom. With a central focus on climate finance, COP29 brought together nearly 200 countries in Baku, Azerbaijan, and reached a breakthrough ...
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …
The original authentic Convention text in all six official United Nations languages. Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish. The consolidated versions of the Convention text, including amendments to Annex I and II, in all six official United Nations languages, have been prepared by the secretariat, and can be found hereunder.
UN Climate Change - Essential information - UNFCCC
The 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 .
COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the
UN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance. In a demonstration of global solidarity, negotiators from …
About the secretariat - UNFCCC
The UNFCCC secretariat is part of the United Nations. Created in 1945 and guided by its founding Charter, the UN takes action on the most critical issues confronting humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development and human rights, among others.. Learn more about the UN, visit un.org
The Paris Agreement | UNFCCC
Implementation of the Paris Agreement requires economic and social transformation, based on the best available science.The Paris Agreement works on a five-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action -- or, ratcheting up -- carried out by countries.Since 2020, countries have been submitting their national climate action plans, …
Climate Plans Remain Insufficient: More Ambitious Action
UN Climate Change News, 26 October 2022 – A new report from UN Climate Change shows countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. According to the report, the combined climate pledges of 193 Parties under the Paris Agreement ...
New Analysis of National Climate Plans: Insufficient Progress Made ...
UN Climate Change News, 14 November 2023 – A new report from UN Climate Change finds national climate action plans remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Even with increased efforts by some countries, the report shows much more action is needed now to bend the world’s emissions trajectory further downward and ...
COP26 Reaches Consensus on Key Actions to Address Climate …
Nov 13, 2021 · Adaptation, mitigation and finance are all strengthened in a complex and delicate balance supported by all Parties. After six years of strenuous negotiations, pending items that prevented the full implementation of the Paris Agreement on carbon markets and transparency have finally been approved.