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2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Date2–13 December 2019 (2019-12-02 – 2019-12-13)
LocationMadrid, Spain
Also known asCOP25 (UNFCCC)
CMP15 (Kyoto Protocol)
CMA2 (Paris Agreement)
Organized bySpain
ParticipantsUNFCCC member countries
Previous eventKatowice 2018
Next event2020
Websitehttps://www.cop25.cl/en/

The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP25, is to be the 25th United Nations Climate Change conference. It is planned to be held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019 under the presidency of the Chilean government. The conference is supposed to incorporate the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 15th meeting of the parties for the Kyoto Protocol (CMP15), and the second meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement (CMA2).

Prelude

The conference was planned for to be held in Brazil in November 2019, but newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro announced his country's withdrawal of an offer to host in November 2018, citing economic reasons.[1] Then Chile stepped up and became the new host, but social unrest in the lead up to the meeting forced it late October 2019 to withdraw from hosting.[2] Then by mutual agreement between the UN, Chile, and Spain, the latter became the new host.[3]

The Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera disclosed the IFEMA facilities in Madrid as the Government of Spain's location of choice.[4]

Participants

Harjeet Singh, of environmental group ActionAid International, said moving the summit from Chile to Spain with only four weeks’ notice “presents real barriers to participation” for delegates from the southern hemisphere.[5]

In August 2019, youth climate change activist Greta Thunberg and her father Svante sailed from Plymouth across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas in sailboat Malizia II to participate in the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City in September. At that time she was planning to go on to Chile for the conference.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ernesto Londoño, Lisa Friedman (2018-11-28). "Brazil Backs Out of Hosting 2019 Climate Change Meeting". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. ^ Londoño, Ernesto; Sengupta, Somini (2019-10-30). "Chile, Rocked by Unrest, Withdraws From Hosting Climate and Trade Summits". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. ^ Sengupta, Somini (2019-10-31). "Spain Agrees to Host Key Climate Talks After Chile Pulls Out". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31.
  4. ^ "Teresa Ribera desvela que IFEMA es el lugar elegido para la Cumbre del Clima". cadenaser.com. Cadena SER. 2019-11-01.
  5. ^ Guardian staff (2019-11-03). "Greta Thunberg asks for lift back across Atlantic as climate meeting shifts to Madrid". Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ Zoe Tidman (2019-08-14). "Greta Thunberg sets sail from UK on two-week journey aboard high-tech yacht to reach climate summits". Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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