Background and Challenges for COP28 [fr]
Every year since 1995, the Conference of the Parties (COP) has brought together the signatory states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), i.e. 197 countries and the European Union.
For our planet, for ourselves, we absolutely must return to a trajectory in line with the +1.5°C threshold.
France will send out this simple wake-up call.
Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
This year, COP28 takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under the UAE Presidency between 30 November and 12 December 2023. A great number of heads of state and government will be present, and up to 100,000 representatives of governments, local authorities and non-state stakeholders (NGOs, businesses, etc.) are expected to attend these two weeks of negotiations and parallel events.
A major event on the international climate calendar in 2023, this conference will provide the first global assessment of climate action since the Paris Agreement, reached at COP21 in 2015. Countries will have to reach agreement on the conclusions being drawn from this global assessment.
Firstly, this means noting the significant gap between actions and the objectives of the Paris Agreement : limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5°C, adapting to climate change and redirecting global finance so that it contributes to the fight against climate change.
Secondly, recommendations will be proposed on the next steps in terms of global targets to steer the international community back to the path to achieve these goals. The issue of how to phase out the use of fossil fuels will be central to this.
Developing countries will also be looking to COP28 to address the issues of adaptation and finance, in particular on the loss and damage fund, which is one of the notable advances of COP27, and which must now be operationalised.
- COP28 Press Kit
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