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Germanwatch staff at the 2025 UN Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém.

UN climate conferences

Within the framework of the United Nations, the global community negotiates its framework for climate protection and adaptation. Germanwatch actively monitors and supports this negotiation process, ensuring that not only the major emitters but also the most affected countries have a voice.

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

Archive: Background papers from past UN climate conferences

Germanwatch has accompanied all UN climate conferences for many decades with information-rich background papers.
An overview of all publications can be found here >>.

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Petter Lydén

Head of Division – International Climate Policy

News

View of the conference room during SB64

UN climate conferences Blog post 23.07.2026

From Bonn to Antalya: Reflections on SB64 and Priorities for COP31

The Bonn meeting and the broader climate policy community raise several questions for the months ahead. In this blog post, we look back at the themes discussed at SB64 and address where progress is needed before COP31.

Windräder in einem Feld vor Bergen

Climate policy UN climate conferences Blog post 16.03.2026

10 Years into the Paris Agreement

In our CCPI blog post, we discuss where we stand ten years after Paris, what successes have been achieved, and whether we are on track to meet global climate targets.

Politiker sitzen im Kreis auf einer Sitzung der COP30 in Belem.

UN climate conferences Blog post 19.01.2026

Energetic Start, Outcome with Major Gaps: Looking Back at COP30 in Belém

COP30 proved to be a magnifying glass for the global struggle over international climate policy. Our experts discuss key developments and outcomes for their respective fields of work and take a look into the future.

Leere Stühle bei der COP30 in einem Verhandlungsraum

UN climate conferences Blog post 17.11.2025

The New Nature of COPs

This article is an extended version of a German text originally published by Table.Media.COP30 is different from all previous COPs, and future COPs will rather follow the character of COP30.

Titelbild einer Studie zum Thema Entwicklungsbanken und grüne Diversifizierung

UN climate conferences Sustainable Finance 8. September 2026

Multilateral Development Banks’ Contribution to the COP28 Energy Consensus

Our new policy paper focuses on promoting green diversification as an area where Multilateral Development Banks can increase their support for the global transition away from fossil fuels.

Titebild einer Publikation zum Thema "Renewable Electrification and TAFF"

Climate policy UN climate conferences 7. September 2026

Renewable Electrification as a Means of Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

This policy paper explores how renewable-based electrification can serve as a means of transitioning away from fossil fuels (TAFF).

Titelbild einer Publikation zu climate, peace und security

UN climate conferences Policy Brief 3. February 2026

Climate, Peace, and Security: Shaping Policy for a Fragile and Warming World after COP30

This paper provides an analysis of COP30 outcomes from the perspective of the climate, peace, and security nexus. It also defines the next steps for further shaping policy for a fragile and warming world in 2026.

preview image in CCPI 2026 - Results

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices 18. November 2025

The Climate Change Performance Index 2026: Results

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool that tracks the climate mitigation performance of 63 countries and the EU. It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate mitigation efforts and progress made by individual countries.

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Climate policy, UN climate conferences | 19.06.2026

International climate policy is failing to keep pace with the challenges of the climate crisis

As the Bonn climate talks came to a close, Germanwatch warns that the progress made so far is not enough to lay a promising groundwork for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference

Climate policy, UN climate conferences | 06.06.2026

June Climate Meetings in Bonn: New approach to multilateralism and concrete progress needed

Starting Monday, SB64 must set the course for the global climate conference in November – the stakes go far beyond just technical progress

Climate policy, UN climate conferences | 18.11.2025

Climate ranking shows: The world is making progress, but the US and other Petrostates are resisting change

Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute, and CAN International publish 21th edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2026): Denmark remains at the top, followed by UK and Morocco / Petrostates rank at the bottom: Saudi Arabia, Iran and USA / Dynamics in many G20 countries not yet strong enough

Climate policy, UN climate conferences | 11.11.2025

Heat waves, storms, floods: ranking shows how extreme weather events hit many poor countries particularly hard

New edition of Climate Risk Index by Germanwatch:
• Dominica, Myanmar, and Honduras most affected by extreme weather over the past 30 years
• Almost all countries in the top group of the ranking are located in the Global South
• While five EU countries and United States also appear among the top 30

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