United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
International environmental treaty
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| 2025 |
Nationally determined contribution
Deadline for countries to submit NDC 3.0, representing the next round of national climate change mitigation commitments.
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| 2025 |
Nationally determined contribution
United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled, where NDC 3.0 submissions are expected from participating countries.
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| March 2025 | Bill Gates dissolved the Breakthrough Energy units working in Europe and the United States public policy, citing ineffectiveness during the Second Trump administration's promotion of fossil fuels. |
| March 19 2025 | Breakthrough Energy shifted its strategy from public policy focus to directly supporting clean energy companies through the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst program and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. |
| 2025 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
COP 30/CMP 20/CMA 7 will be held in Belém, Brazil, marking the first time Brazil hosts the climate change conference in the Amazon region.
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| March 5 2025 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
Nigeria officially announced its bid to host COP32 in Lagos to UN climate chief Simon Stiell, emphasizing the country's leadership in climate action and readiness to host the international climate summit.
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| 2025 | Deadline for countries to submit their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), as called for by the COP29 Presidency to enhance climate adaptation strategies. |
| 2025 | COP29 urges countries to submit national Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by this year, with a focus on fossil fuel phase-out, increasing renewable energy, and addressing non-carbon-dioxide emissions like methane. |
| 2024 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
For the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021, an Afghan delegation will be invited to the UN climate conference.
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| 2024 | Asian Development Bank announced $7.2 billion in additional investments and a $3.5 billion adaptation program targeting glacial melting in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus. |
| 2024 | The Association of Banks of Azerbaijan committed nearly $1.2 billion to support the country's low-carbon transition. |
| 2024 | Non-profit investor Acumen committed $300 million for agricultural adaptation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. |
| 2024 | Multilateral development banks pledged to increase climate-related lending to $120 billion annually for low- and middle-income countries. |
| 2024 | World leaders ratified a framework under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, establishing a UN-backed body to regulate international carbon credit trading, potentially unlocking billions of dollars in climate finance for developing countries. |
| 2024 | The Climate Investment Funds launched a $75 billion bond issuance program on the London Stock Exchange. |
| December 2024 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
Australia approved expansion of coal mines, and Turkey approved expansion of coal power, potentially complicating their COP 31 hosting bids.
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| November 23 2024 | The Guardian reported that a Saudi Arabian delegate allegedly attempted to modify an official non-editable negotiating text, raising concerns about document integrity. |
| November 22 2024 | COP29 concludes with a landmark agreement on climate change finance, establishing UN rules for carbon credit trading to help developing nations transition to sustainable energy sources. |
| November 14 2024 | The UN addressed complaints about limited vegan and plant-based food options at COP29, with only one food stall offering vegan meals and vegan campaigners responding by distributing free sandwiches. |
| November 11 2024 | Climate activist Greta Thunberg attended a rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, to protest Azerbaijan's hosting of COP29, criticizing the country's authoritarian government and use of the summit to 'greenwash' human rights abuses. |
| November 11 2024 | COP29 Climate Change Conference begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, with Mukhtar Babayev presiding and Samir Nuriyev heading the Organizing Committee. |
| October 31 2024 | Papua New Guinea's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justin Tkatchenko, announced a boycott of the COP29 summit, describing it as a 'total waste of time'. |
| October 11 2024 | Pre-COP meeting discussions emphasized the critical need to cap global warming at 1.5°C, noting UN Environment Programme data suggesting current climate pledges could lead to a 2.9°C temperature increase. |
| October 10 2024 | Azerbaijan hosted the annual Pre-COP meeting with COP29 President-designate Mukhtar Babayev, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber, and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, focusing on climate finance goals, the Loss and Damage Fund, and supporting vulnerable communities. |
| September 2024 | Ethics commissioner Jennifer Devins concluded in her report that while Johnstone's attendance was relevant to his mayoral duties, accepting gifts like travel and accommodation was not aligned with his official responsibilities. |
| August 2024 | UN and Azerbaijan signed a Host Country Agreement (HCA) for COP29, which was later criticized by Human Rights Watch for significant shortcomings in participant rights protections. |
| July 2024 | Azerbaijan announced the establishment of the Climate Finance Action Fund (CFAF), targeting US$1 billion in annual contributions from fossil fuel-producing countries and companies to support renewable energy and climate projects in developing countries. |
| June 2024 | At the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell highlighted unresolved issues with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly concerning carbon credit systems and emission avoidance. |
| April 2024 | Azerbaijan announced the Baku Olympic Stadium as the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), with a 112,000 m² venue developed next to the stadium to accommodate around 80,000 expected attendees. |
| February 2024 | Councilors Daniel Fontaine and Paul Minhas filed a complaint against Patrick Johnstone, alleging violation of state laws by accepting gifts to attend the COP28 summit. |
| February 22 2024 | Further expansion of the COP29 Organizing Committee occurred, with the addition of eleven women to address previous gender imbalance criticism. |
| January 2024 | Mukhtar Babayev, a longtime SOCAR official and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, was appointed as president of the COP29 Climate Change Conference. |
| January 2024 | Azerbaijan reportedly paid New York-based PR firm Teneo US$4.7 million to manage public relations for COP29. |
| January 19 2024 | The COP29 Organizing Committee's composition was first expanded, adding more members. |
| January 13 2024 | President of Azerbaijan established the COP29 Organizing Committee, initially composed of 28 men. |
| 2023 | Executive Director announced a series of reforms aimed at improving the Fund's efficiency and impact delivery. |
| 2023 | Pope Francis referred to the Copenhagen climate summit as a 'failure' in his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum. |
| 2023 |
Talanoa Dialogue
First official stocktake under the Paris Agreement took place, allowing countries to prepare a new round of NDCs by 2025.
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| December 2023 | Conference participants pledged 85 billion dollars to various climate issues and made ten major international pledges covering areas such as climate finance, health, energy efficiency, agriculture, and global cooling. |
| December 2023 | Patrick Johnstone, New Westminster Mayor, attended the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, with expenses covered by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. |
| December 2023 | Azerbaijan was announced as the host of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), with Eastern European countries backing the bid during the previous COP28 meeting in Dubai. |
| December 13 2023 | Conference president Sultan Al Jaber announces final compromise agreement, known as the UAE Consensus, committing countries to move away from carbon energy sources and reach net zero by 2050 |
| December 12 2023 | Conference originally scheduled to end, but extended due to Saudi objections on the final agreement |
| December 12 2023 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
COP 28 conference concluded in Dubai, UAE, after two weeks of international climate negotiations.
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| December 11 2023 | Climate activist Licypriya Kangujam disrupted the COP28 conference by walking onto the main stage, holding up a sign reading 'End fossil fuels. Save our planet and our future', and delivering a brief speech. She was subsequently removed by security personnel and reportedly banned from further participation in the conference. |
| December 11 2023 | Initial draft of the final COP28 climate agreement was released, which was widely rejected by Western countries for avoiding a call to phase out fossil fuels. The draft was described by the Alliance of Small Island States as a 'death certificate' for small island nations. |
| December 11 2023 |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
During COP 28 in Dubai, Belém was officially chosen as the host city for COP 30 in 2025.
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| December 6 2023 | OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais urged member nations to focus negotiations on reducing carbon emissions rather than prohibiting fossil fuel extraction and sale during the UN Climate Change Conference. |
| December 4 2023 | COP28 President Sultan Al-Jaber held a press conference to walk back previous comments dismissing fossil fuel phase-out, now stating that he 'respects science' and believes a fossil fuel use phase-out is inevitable. |
| December 3 2023 | COP28 participants launched a declaration to triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 to 2050, signed by 25 countries. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry unveiled the declaration, emphasizing nuclear power's role in reducing carbon emissions. |
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