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With COP 26 delayed due to COVID-19, the UNFCCC decided to hold a series of virtual events to keep climate action and momentum alive, implement mandated events for 2020, and discuss ongoing and emerging issues, such as a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
Event
23 November 2020 - 4 December 2020
While a face-to-face meeting was impossible, the UNFCCC held a series of virtual events to keep climate action and momentum alive. Several events related to the work of the constituted bodies, which are the bodies that focus on implementing various aspects of the Convention and the Paris Agreement. These technical bodies provided updates on their work and future plans.
Event
1 June 2020 - 10 June 2020
Disconnects between the demands of people, science, and what the process could deliver—and between countries that want to look to the future and those focused on the past—ultimately undermined the ability for the Chile/Madrid Climate Change Conference to deliver, despite COP 25 running nearly 40 hours overtime.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
2 December 2019 - 15 December 2019
Like other Climate Weeks held in various regions, the event is envisioned as a stepping stone to the UN 2019 Climate Summit where UN Secretary-General António Guterres has encouraged countries to announce new, more ambitious nationally determined contributions.
Event
19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019
The meeting advanced work on several issues to facilitate implementation of the Paris Agreement, due for completion at the Santiago Climate Change Conference in December 2019, including Article 6, Terms of Reference for the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage, reporting tables and other issues related to the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement, and the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture.
Event
17 June 2019 - 27 June 2019
Parties adopted the Katowice Climate Package at COP 24, which finalized nearly all of the Paris Agreement Work Programme, including decisions to facilitate common interpretation and implementation of the Paris Agreement on the mitigation section of NDCs, adaptation communications, transparency framework, Global Stocktake, and financial transparency. Work on Article 6 was not concluded. The COP was unable to agree on whether to “welcome” or “note” the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C of Global Warming.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
2 December 2018 - 15 December 2018
UNFCCC parties had agreed to an additional meeting in the lead up to the Katowice Climate Change Conference COP 24 to ensure the "timely completion" of the Paris Agreement Work Programme.
Event
4 September 2018 - 9 September 2018
Subsidiary bodies adopted a decision on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture and recommended a decision to the COP on the review of the effective implementation of the Climate Technology Centre and Network. As a unique feature, the Talanoa Dialogue asked parties and stakeholders to share stories around the questions “Where are we?” “Where do we want to go?” and “How do we get there?”
Event
30 April 2018 - 10 May 2018
The COP launched the Talanoa Dialogue, a facilitative dialogue to take stock of collective progress towards the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals. COP 23 also established the “Fiji Momentum for Implementation,” a decision giving prominence to pre-2020 implementation and ambition. Parties also provided guidance on the completion of the PAWP and decided that the Adaptation Fund shall serve the Paris Agreement, subject to decisions to be taken by CMA 1-3.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
6 November 2017 - 17 November 2017
The “elephant in the room” of continued US participation in the Paris Agreement soon became a non-issue as the Trump administration delayed its decision, allowing negotiators to settle back into a “business as usual” mode of work and incrementally advance efforts to operationalize the Paris Agreement through technical discussions under the three subsidiary bodies.
Event
8 May 2017 - 18 May 2017