2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
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The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as the Katowice Climate Change Conference or COP24, was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.[1] It was held between 2 and 15 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland. The conference was held in the International Congress Centre. The president of COP24 was Michał Kurtyka. The conference also incorporated the fourteenth meeting of the parties for the Kyoto Protocol (CMP14), and the third session of the first meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement (CMA1-3 or CMA1.3) which agreed on rules to implement the Agreement. The conference's objective was to have a full implementation of the Paris agreement.[2]
Native name | Konferencja Narodów Zjednoczonych w sprawie Zmian Klimatu, Katowice 2018 |
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Date | 2–15 December 2018 (2018-12-02 – 2018-12-15) |
Location | Katowice, Poland |
Also known as | COP24 (UNFCCC) CMP14 (Kyoto Protocol) CMA1-3 or 1.3 (Paris Agreement) |
Organised by | Poland |
Participants | UNFCCC member countries |
Previous event | ← Bonn 2017 |
Next event | Madrid 2019 → |
Website | unfccc cop24 |