Katowice Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 24)

This week our doctoral student Karoliina Hurri is taking part in the Katowice Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 24), organised in Poland.
The conference includes the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UNFCCC, the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and the third part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1-3). The conference also includes the 49th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), and the seventh part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-7).

“The scientific community has delivered, now its up to governments to take the necessary action.”@IPCC_CH chair Hoesung Lee, at #COP24 #Talanoa #climateaction pic.twitter.com/2ybR9Mdf8U

— Karoliina Hurri (@HurriKaroliina) 11 декабря 2018 г.

The conference is expected to finalize the rules for implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change under the Paris Agreement work programme (PAWP). It also includes a number of high-level events, mandated events, action events and roundtables.

More information on the event is available online.