COP (UN Climate Conference)

Conference of the Parties (COP): Yearly World Climate Conference of the members of the Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Articles

amazon-free-of-gas-and-oil-protest-in-bonn

Dossiers

COP29: Baku

Published: 24 July 2025

Dossier

The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024 under the motto “In Solidarity for a Green World”. This dossier contains analyses and comments on the most important negotiating points.

Blick aus Luft auf die Skyline von Dubai, dahinter sandige Böden und staubige Luft

COP28: Dubai

Published: 24 November 2023

Dossier

From November 30 to December 12, 2023, the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) took place in Dubai. This dossier contains analyses and comments on the most important negotiating points.

COP20: Lima

Published: 5 December 2022

From December 1 to 12, the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Lima, Peru. The Heinrich Böll Foundation is on site with a delegation. Our focus summarizes the Foundation's current work on climate policy.

COP24: Katowice

Published: 15 August 2022

The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from December 2 to 14 in Katowice, Poland. The conference is intended to establish the rules according to which the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 will be implemented in order to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C.

COP26: Glasgow

Published: 22 February 2022

Dossier

Our focus on the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Among other things, the focus of this COP will be on raising ambition, significantly increasing climate finance, and the issue of financial compensation for climate damage and loss.

Publications

Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Operationalization of the Loss & Damage Fund

Published: 24 October 2023

Policy Brief

This policy brief is an expanded version of the Submission made by the Manila Observatory to the UNFCCC Transitional Committee after a sector-wide SEA-specific workshop in Bangkok, Thailand August 2023.

By Ma. Laurice Jamero, Jameela Joy Reyes, Hazel Acero, Jayvy Gamboa and Bernardine de Belen

Climate Governance and the Role of Climate Finance in Morocco

Published: 31 October 2016

As a country very vulnerable to climate change impacts, Morocco, the host of COP22, has very high climate ambitions and has taken on a global leadership role in committing to a renewable energy future. This study explores what role climate finance has played to allow Morocco to act as a trendsetter and how its climate finance governance can be further improved.

By Meriem Houzir and Mustapha Mokass

How should we communicate the COP21 outcome and what does it mean for the EU’s 2016 agenda?

Published: 2 December 2015

The level of political commitment in the build up to Paris means a deal is very likely. But, the devil will be in the detail. The final Policy Brief of the "From Warsaw to Paris" series discusses how to communicate the COP21 outcome and what the outcomes of Paris mean for the EU’s 2016 climate and energy agenda.