COP20: Climate summit in Lima 2014
The 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Lima, Peru, from December 1 to 12.
The conference is intended to pave the way for the signing of a new global climate agreement in Paris in 2015, which is due to come into force in 2020. Since the failure of the negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009, confidence in the negotiation process and hopes of being able to solve the climate crisis internationally have dwindled. In 2014 in particular, other political crises have come to the fore. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited the heads of state and government to a climate summit in New York City on September 23 of that year and the USA and China committed to higher climate targets in a joint declaration. However, some countries such as Canada, Japan and Australia are still blocking the negotiations and the former pioneer, the EU, has also scaled back its ambitions. In this light, it remains to be seen whether the hoped-for progress in the negotiations can be achieved in Lima.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation is on site with a small delegation and is following the negotiations. The foundation is committed to a binding, ambitious global climate agreement. It stands for transparent public climate financing that is gender-equitable, includes affected population groups and is based on human rights. It also calls for a sustainable and just transition in energy, agriculture and raw materials with the phasing out of fossil fuels.
To help you form your own opinion on the topic, we have summarized the Foundation's work on climate protection on this overview page. You will also find further background information on the conference.
