United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty, that was signed on 9 May 1993 and entered into force on 21 March 1994. It wants to slow the speed at which the climate of the earth changes. It also wants to avert the risk of a climate change that is harmful to mankind. 154 countries signed the treaty in 1992 in New York. Today, 197 countries are member of the treaty. These countries meet once a year to agree on politics against global warming. first had its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1996, they moved to Bonn, Germany. The agreement officially started working in 1994. The UNFCCC also refers to the organization that helps run the agreement, and they have offices in Bonn, Germany.

 COP (or conference of the parties) 
A Conference of the parties (COP) has been held during most years since 1995.

+ List of COPs of the UNFCCC COP  Year  Country  City  Link COP1  1995  Germany  Berlin  [COP 1](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-1) COP2  1996  Switzerland  Geneva  [COP 2](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-2) COP3  1997  Japan  Kyoto  [COP 3](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-3) COP4  1998  Argentina  Buenos Aires  [COP 4](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-4) COP5  1999  Germany   Bonn  [COP 5](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-5) COP6  2001  Netherlands  The Hague  [COP 6](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-6) COP7  2001  Morocco Marrakech  [COP 7](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-7) COP8  2002  India   New Delhi  [COP 8](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-8) COP9  2003  Italy  Milan  [COP 9](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-9) COP10  2004  Argentina  Buenos Aires  [COP 10](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-10) COP11  2005  Canada  Montreal  [COP 11](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-11) COP12  2006  Kenya Nairobi  [COP 12](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-12) COP13  2007  Indonesia Bali  [COP 13](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-13) COP14  2008  Poland  Poznań  [COP 14](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-14) COP15  2009  Denmark  Copenhagen  [COP 15](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-15) COP16  2010  Mexico   Cancún  [COP 16](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-16) COP17  2011  South Africa  Durban  [COP 17](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-17) COP18  2012  Qatar   Doha  [COP 18](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-18) COP19  2013  Poland   Warsaw  [COP 19](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-19) COP20  2014  Peru   Lima  [COP 20](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-20) COP21  2015  France  Paris  [COP 21](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-21) COP22  2016  Morocco  Marrakech  [COP 22](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-22) COP23  2017  Germany   Bonn  [COP 23](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-23) COP24  2018  Poland  Katowice  [COP 24](https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/conference-of-the-parties/cop-24) COP25  2019  Spain   Madrid  [COP 25](https://unfccc.int/conference/un-climate-change-conference-december-2019) COP26  2021  United Kingdom  Glasgow  [COP 26](https://unfccc.int/conference/glasgow-climate-change-conference-october-november-2021) COP27  2022  Egypt  Sharm el-Sheikh  [COP 27](https://unfccc.int/cop27) COP28  2023  United Arab Emirates   Dubai  [COP 28](https://unfccc.int/cop28) COP29  2024  Azerbaijan  Baku  [COP 29](https://unfccc.int/cop29) COP30  plan,October 2025  Brazil  Belém  [COP 30](https://unfccc.int/cop30)

 Other Page 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol

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