2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags: Blue COP, climate change, COP 25, Paris Agreement

UN framework convention of Climate Change

The 25th session of Conference of Parties under the UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC COP25) was held in Madrid, Spain.

UN Climate Conference will bring together governments, businesses, local authorities and civil society in Madrid to express support for the Paris Agreement and for urgent climate action.
It will build momentum on the path towards next year’s COP26 Conference in Glasgow, when all Parties to the Paris Agreement are expected to communicate or update their national climate targets.
The Madrid Conference will also aim to complete negotiations on the last outstanding issues in the ‘Katowice rulebook’ for implementing the Paris Agreement, notably the rules for international carbon markets (Article 6 of the Paris Agreement).
Work will be taken forward in areas including oceans, finance, the transparency of climate action, forests and agriculture, technology, capacity building, loss and damage, indigenous peoples, cities and gender.
It is the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), from where it gets its name ‘COP25’.
It is also the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP 15) and the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 2).

At COP25, the EU will deliver a strong political message on the urgent need for enhanced global action in light of the climate emergency and reaffirm its commitment to the multilateral process.
The EU will encourage the effective implementation of the Katowice rulebook as soon as possible by all Parties.
The EU attaches great importance to stakeholder engagement in COP25, particularly on Oceans. The Chilean Presidency has made this a top priority for this “Blue COP”.

The protection of our oceans is fundamental to successfully address climate change. The Chilean Presidency designated the COP 25 as “the Blue COP”, in order to address the link between ocean and climate change.
Chile plans to use this year’s UN climate talks to focus attention on the world’s most important regulator of our climate – the oceans.
The COP25 will specifically discuss the role of our oceans and the opportunities to find climate solutions and opportunities for action.

The EU’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement is to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990.
This target is set in EU legislation as part of a wider EU climate and energy framework for 2030 and builds on the 2020 target to cut emissions by 20%, which the EU is well on track to exceed. From 1990 to 2018, the EU’s total GHG emissions decreased by 23%, while its economy grew by 61%.
The EU is the first major economy in the world to take the lead in the green transition and to show the way on implementation of the Paris Agreement by already having in place an ambitious, binding legislative framework covering all sectors of the economy to deliver on its commitment.

Source: PIB