Conference of the Parties (COP)

COP refers to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a treaty signed in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit…Read on اقرأ المزيد , which is normally held annually. Negotiations at COPs do not “solve” the climate crisis Climate CrisisThe current moment where we are observing increasingly severe climate impacts and running the risk of catastrophic, irreversible changes in…Read on اقرأ المزيد , but they aim to adopt an outcome text unanimously agreed by all parties, which they usually achieve. Since negotiations involve desperate countries impacted by climate change Climate ChangeThe most commonly used term to refer to the changes in the climate regionally and globally. It is recommended to…Read on اقرأ المزيد as well as countries exporting fossil fuels, COP decisions tend to contain ambitious language or even targets, such as the Paris Targets Paris Targets: 2° and 1.5° TargetKeeping the global mean temperature below 1.5 °C or 2°C heating compared to pre-industrial levels. Temperatures are expected to be…Read on اقرأ المزيد , without doing anything substantial to control the fossil fuel industry.