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COP26 in Glasgow

The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 31st October 2021 until 12th November 2021 in Glasgow hosted by the United Kingdom in partnership with Italy.

Focus pages of the UN climate conferences

2026: COP31 in Antalya/Turkey

2025: COP30 in Belém/Brazil

2024: COP29 in Baku/Azerbaijan

2023: COP28 in Dubai

2022: COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh

2021: COP26 in Glasgow/UK

2019: COP25 in Madrid/Spain

2018: COP24 in Katowice/Poland

2017: COP23 in Bonn/Germany

2016: COP22 in Marrakech/Marokko

2015: COP21 in Paris/France

2014: COP20 in Lima/Peru

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News and Publications on COP26

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Factsheet 29. August 2022

Factsheet on the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA)

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. In this fact sheet, we took a closer look at the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) and its potential to close the 2030 ambition gap and implement climate action more quickly.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Factsheet 29. August 2022

Factsheet on the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land-Use (GDFLU)

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. In this fact sheet, we took a closer look at the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land-Use (GDFLU) and its potential to close the 2030 ambition gap and implement climate action more quickly.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Factsheet 29. August 2022

Factsheet on the Global Methane Pledge (GMP)

At the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), several multilateral initiatives were launched. In this fact sheet, we took a closer look at the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) and its potential to close the 2030 ambition gap and implement climate action more quickly.

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UN climate conferences Briefing Paper 31. May 2022

Towards a Glasgow Dialogue that matters

This briefing from Climate Action Network International (CAN) and The Loss and Damage Collaboration lays out the expectations of civil society and international loss and damage experts towards the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss & Damage (L&D) finance and makes concrete suggestions for its principles, milestones and deliverables. It does so with the ultimate objective of making the dialogue a results-oriented process through which adequate, new and additional support for the most vulnerable people and countries in addressing L&D is provided.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices 9. November 2021

The Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Results

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 60 countries and the EU. It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices 9. November 2021

The Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Background and Methodology

The Climate Change Performance Index compares 60 countries and the EU in the areas of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energies, Energy Use and Climate Policy, thus providing a comprehensive overview of the current efforts and progress of the coun

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International climate co-operation Press Release 09.11.2021

Race Towards Climate Neutrality Is Underway: CCPI’s top countries lead the way

Scandinavian countries are leading the way in climate protection, together with Morocco and the United Kingdom. Leaders Denmark, Sweden and Norway occupy ranks four to six in the new Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022, presented today by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN). Places one to three again remain vacant because no country’s measures, thus far, have been sufficient to achieve an overall ‘very high’ rating with none following a path necessary to keep global warming within the 1.5°C limit.

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News Report 28.10.2021

COP26 must deliver on Loss & Damage Finance

More than 300 civil society organisations have sent an open letter to COP26 President Alok Sharma and world leaders demanding that COP26 urgently commits to deliver finance on Loss and Damage. Loss and damage refers to unavoidable impacts of climate change that cannot be averted or minimized through adaptation and mitigation activities. The poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities least responsible for climate change are already facing the majority of its negative impacts, but finance to address these is lacking.

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Dealing with the impacts of climate change Study 27. October 2021

Potential for loss and damage finance in the existing UNFCCC financial architecture

Loss and Damage due to climate change impacts is already a reality. Not only but most existentially for vulnerable developing countries and communities around the world that have contributed least to the climate crisis.

Climate Resilience and Pro-Poor Principles for Infrastructure Investments

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Report 1. August 2020

Climate Resilience and Pro-Poor Principles for Infrastructure Investment

At the second Finance in Common (FiC) Summit on 19 and 20 October 2021, 500 public development banks could jointly raise their ambitions to support sustainable development globally. The fastest growing development bank in the world, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), plays a crucial role for infrastructure investments in Asia where the majority of future infrastructure projects will take place. A framework report produced by Germanwatch and collaborating NGOs from Asia analyzes the AIIB’s opportunities to align with the Paris Agreement and suggests ten climate-resilient and pro-poor principles for more sustainable and socially inclusive infrastructure.

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