COP19: UN Climate Conference 2013

The 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Warsaw from November 11 to 22, 2013.

Opening of the climate conference on November 11

The aim is to draw up a global climate agreement that is to be signed in Paris in 2015 and enter into force after 2020. However, since the failure of the negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009, hopes that this will succeed are fading. Financial and economic crises in Europe and around the world are pushing climate change off the political agenda. More and more actors doubt that the UN negotiations will provide any significant impetus for socio-ecological change.
To help you form your own opinion on the subject, we have summarized the Foundation's work on climate protection on this overview page. You will also find further background information on the conference.

Feed: Climate of justice

Lili Fuhr, our International Environmental Policy Officer, reports from the conference in Warsaw on our Climate of Justice blog. Here are her most recent posts.

Articles

COP19: Warsaw

The UN climate conference in Warsaw was the COP with the lowest expectations ever and lived up to that in every respect. What were the issues discussed and decisions taken? Who is to blame for the stalemate?

By Lili Fuhr, Liane Schalatek, Katarzyna Ugryn and Wanun Permpibul

European Climate Leadership under Siege – the 2030 Climate and Energy Debate

The European Union has long proclaimed itself a leader of global climate ambition and a champion of the low carbon economy. Due to the influence of powerful interest groups, Europe might roll back its commitment to combating climate change.

By Silvia Brugger

Interviews

"The world is waiting for a climate agreement"

Dr. Adil Najam is a leading global expert on issues related to developing country environmental policy, especially climate change. In this interview he speaks about his expectations for the COP19 in Warsaw. He underlines the importance of international agreements and calls for immediate action.

By Jelena Nikolic

English publications

What Future for International Climate Politics? - A Call for a Strategic Reset

Publication Series on Ecology 32: This paper articulates concrete proposals and puts forward ideas for devising smarter strategies that make engagement by civil society in international climate policy more effective.

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Climate Finance Fundamentals

Updated just before COP 19, this series of 11 short briefings published by our North America office in co-operation with the Overseas Development Institute, looks at various aspects of climate change financing. It is meant to give readers unfamiliar with the topic a better understanding of financial flows, the regions they reach, and the climate interventions they target. Data draws on www.climatefundsupdate.org, the tracking project of ODI/hbf focusing on dedicated climate financing instruments from pledge to project.

Download the papiers on the Website of our North America office

Dossiers

Seasons of Change: Climate, Energy and Resource Politics in the MENA Region

This trilingual webdossier presents analysis and perspectives from a wide range of international and regional experts on how climate change, resource and energy politics relate to political and social change.