2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Diplomatic summit concerning greenhouse gas emissions effects UN-Klimakonferenz in Lima 2014 December 2014 December 2018 COP20 File:COP20 Logo.jpg Lima, Peru ← Warsaw 2013 Paris 2015 → UNFCCC member countries http://www.cop20.pe thumb|Opening of COP20. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP20 or CMP10 was held in Lima, Peru, from December 1 to 12, 2014.Rio Conventions Calendar. Accessed: 17 April 2014. This was the 20th yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP 10) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.19th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/conference-of-the-parties-to-the-unfccc/ International Institute for Sustainable Development 20 February 2013 The conference delegates held negotiations towards a global climate agreement. Background While this was conference in the annual series, more attention is directed towards the 2015 conference in Paris. A statement made by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon forecast the climate change summit to be held in September 2014, but made no organizational reference to the 2014 conference in Lima or the Paris conference.https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46995&Cr=climate+change&Cr1=#.Uurg6P9--9h Statement by Ban Ki-moon at World Economic Forum in Davos United Nations New Centre 31 January 2014 Negotiations The overarching goal of the conference was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius above current levels.Schedule of Events http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/warsaw_nov_2013/application/pdf/cop19cmp9_overview_schedule.pdf United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 12 November 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131112055835/http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/warsaw_nov_2013/application/pdf/cop19cmp9_overview_schedule.pdf 12 November 2013 European Union The EU aims a legally binding 40% drop in emissions by 2030 against carbon output in 1990 as baseline.UN climate change deal must have legally binding targets, says EU The Guardian 27.11. 2014 Politics of oil producing countries Before the Conference on Climate Change, oil producing countries increased the oil production and oil became cheaper than it had been for years.Falling oil prices offer the west a great chance to refashion itself. Let’s seize it, With the black stuff cheaper than it has been in years, Europe’s governments must invest in their infrastructure The Guardian 30.11. 2014 See also Global warming Politics Post–Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions Politics of global warming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report References External links COP20 website People's Summit COP20 collapsed collapsed 2014 2014 Category:2014 conferences Category:2014 in the environment Category:2010s in Lima Category:2014 in Peru Category:December 2014 in South America Category:Organized events in Lima