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COP25

The 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain, under Chile's presidency.

Focus pages of the UN climate conferences

2026: COP31 in Antalya/Turkey

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2023: COP28 in Dubai

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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 COP25

Briefing Paper ExCom#12

International climate co-operation Dealing with the impacts of climate change Briefing Paper 1. October 2020

ExCom Meeting #12

The Briefing Paper on the 12th meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage from 12-16th October 2020 is mainly directed at persons interested in the discussions on Loss and Damage within the UNFCCC process. The meeting will take place in the middle of the Covid-19-crisis that comes across with severe challenges for vulnerable groups but also in regards of keeping up climate diplomacy.

ExCom Meeting #11: Next steps after the WIM review at COP25 in Madrid

International climate co-operation Dealing with the impacts of climate change Briefing Paper 1. May 2020

ExCom Meeting#11

The 11th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw Inernational Mechanism took place at the beginning of the corona crisis and therefore faced severe organisational challenges. It was held virtually, which posed challenges like internet connectivity problems and lack of possibilities for inclusive participation. Topics of this meeting were for example to discuss inter alia COP25 outcomes like the establishment of the “Santiago network on loss and damage” and the "Expert Group on action and support". The report covers the key expectations for the meeting, the outcomes, the special corona context as well as recommendations on the way forward and necessary next steps.

Pressemitteilung

Dealing with the impacts of climate change Press Release 10.12.2019

Majority of countries show decline in emissions: Climate Change Performance Index sees opportunity for turning point

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented today at the climate summit in Madrid reflects opposing trends in global climate action: Australia, Saudi Arabia and especially the USA give cause for great concern with their low to very low performance in emissions and renewable energy development as well as climate policy. With these three governments massively influenced by the coal and oil lobby, there are hardly any signs of serious climate policy in sight. On the other hand, global coal consumption is falling and the boom in renewable energy continues. In 31 of the 57 high emitting countries assessed, collectively responsible for 90 percent of emissions, falling emission trends are recorded.

Der Klimaschutz-Index 2020

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices 10. December 2019

The Climate Change Performance Index 2020: Results

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 57 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.

Pressemitteilung

Dealing with the impacts of climate change Press Release 04.12.2019

Climate Risks increasing worldwide - even for High-Income-Countries

Severe heat waves, drought and flooding: Extreme weather events are massive challenges especially for poor and vulnerable countries - but also high-income countries are threatened more and more by climate risks. The Global Climate Risk Index, published today by the environmental think tank Germanwatch, shows that in 2018 industrialized countries like Japan and Germany were hit hardest by heat waves and severe drought. The Philippines were hit by the most powerful typhoon recorded worldwide in 2018.

Titelbild Climate Risk Index 2020

Dealing with the impacts of climate change International climate co-operation Indices 12. April 2019

Global Climate Risk Index 2020

The Global Climate Risk Index 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available — for 2018 and from 1999 to 2018 — were taken into account. The countries and territories affected most in 2018 were Japan, the Philippines as well as Germany. For the period from 1999 to 2018 Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti rank highest.

Policy Briefing: Steps towards closing the Loss&Damage finance gap

Dealing with the impacts of climate change Policy Brief 30. November 2019

Steps towards closing the Loss&Damage finance gap

This paper emphasizes the urgency for tangible action in dealing with Loss&Damage (L&D) and highlights, that in 2019 we still face a lack of adequate action and support for L&D under the UNFCCC.

Cover Hintergrundpapier COP25

UN climate conferences Background Paper 18.11.2019

„Time to act“: Expectations of the chilean COP25 in Madrid

Under the motto "Time to act", the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain, under Chile's presidency. After all, it is finally time for action in the logic of the UN negotiations. Following the decisions of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 and its implementation rules last year, nothing stands in the way of decisive action.

The Ambition Call

UN climate conferences Recommendation Paper 7. August 2019

The Ambition Call

Ahead of the 2019 Climate Action Summit (23 September 2019) hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the network Climate Transparency is calling for concrete climate action from the G20 countries. The Ambition Call directed at Germany calls for progress in three areas.

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