United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Paris Climate Change Conference - November 2015

The twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) takes place from 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris, France.

NEW! Paris Agreement adopted

FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1 - English only, versions in all UN official languages to be made available

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NEW! Daily Programme for 12 December

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Negotiation Updates

All in-session documents and status reports on consideration of agenda items are available here

Decisions adopted by COP 21 and CMP 11

COP 21	CMP 11
Adoption of the Paris Agreement (325 kB)	Implications of the implementation of decisions 2/CMP.7 to 4/CMP.7 and 1/CMP.8 on the previous decisions on methodological issues related to the Kyoto Protocol, including those relating to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, part I: implications related to accounting and reporting and other related issues (230 kB)
The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (82 kB)	Implications of the implementation of decisions 2/CMP.7 to 4/CMP.7 and 1/CMP.8 on the previous decisions on methodological issues related to the Kyoto Protocol including those relating to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, part II: implications related to review and adjustments and other related issues (321 kB)
Report of the Adaptation Committee (101 kB)	Clarification of the text in section G (Article 3, paragraph 7 ter) of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol (103 kB)
National adaptation plans (118 kB)	Report of the Adaptation Fund Board (91 kB)
Long-term climate finance (99 kB)	Guidance relating to the clean development mechanism (113 kB)
Report of the Standing Committee on Finance (106 kB)	Guidance on the implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol (116 kB)
Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Green Climate Fund (97 kB)	Training programme for members of expert review teams participating in annual reviews under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol (138 kB)
Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the Global Environment Facility (122 kB)	Methodology for the collection of International Transaction Log fees in the biennium 2016-2017 (155 kB)
Methodologies for the reporting of financial information by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (186 kB)	Capacity-building under the Kyoto Protocol (98 kB)
The 2013 – 2015 review (129 kB)	Technical review in 2016 of greenhouse gas inventories and initial reports for the second commitment period from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (113 kB)
Enhancing climate technology development and transfer through the Technology Mechanism (105 kB)	Administrative, financial and institutional matters (140 kB)
Linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism (105 kB)	Programme budget for the biennium 2016 – 2017 (303 kB)
Terms of reference for the intermediate review of Doha work programme on Article 6 of the Convention (40 kB)
Forum and work programme on the impact of the implementation of response measures (85 kB)
Alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests (16 kB)
Further guidance on ensuring transparency, consistency, comprehensiveness and effectiveness when informing on how all the safeguards referred to in decision 1/CP.16, Appendix I, are being addressed and respected (16 kB)
Methodological issues related to non-carbon benefits resulting from the implementation of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70 (76 kB)
Extension of the mandate of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (95 kB)
Capacity-building under the Convention (135 kB)
Technical review in 2016 of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (99 kB)
Administrative, financial and institutional matters (139 kB)
Programme budget for the biennium 2016 – 2017 (375 kB)
Dates and venues for future sessions (22 kB)
Resolution adopted by COP 21 and CMP 11
Expression of gratitude to the Government of the French Republic and the people of the city of Paris (13 kB)

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Participate in the Third round of Multilateral Assessment

The third round of multilateral assessment (MA) will be conducted at the forty-third session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) in Paris in 2015. The assessment process offers a unique opportunity to engage all countries to assess how developed countries are implementing actions to reduce emissions. The notification letter on the third round of MA was pdf-icon sent to national focal points on 25 August 2015 (2777 kB) .
Two Parties, Belarus and Kazakhstan, will be assessed at SBI 43 of their progress towards achieving the economy-wide emission reduction targets. The MA session at SBI 43 is proceeded by a three-month question and answer period when interested Parties submitted written questions to these two Parties, and the two Parties responded to those questions.To view the compiled questions and answers, please go to the individual Party page.

The MA session is scheduled on 1 December in Plenary I, La Seine, immediately after the closing of the SBI 43 Opening Plenary.

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Implementation Updates
	Cyprus accepted Doha Amendment Cyprus deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on 10 December 2015. The amendment is expected to enter into force after three quarters of the Parties to the Protocol submit their instruments of acceptance to the Depositary. The United Nations is encouraging governments to speed up their ratification of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the international emissions reduction treaty. To date, 58 Parties have accepted the extension and 144 are required to bring it into force.
	Improving rural lives with electricity Bonn, 24 July 2015 Improving the lives of people without access to electricity is the motivation behind a new standard adopted by the CDM Executive Board at its 85th meeting. The Board also improved existing regulations governing water purification and clean cookstove projects under the CDM. More View webcast
	Previous Implementation Updates

From the Podium
	Opening of the Paris Climate Change Conference - November 2015 The opening of the Paris Climate Change Conference - November 2015, held on 30 November 2015, was honoured by the presences of the Minister of the Environment of Peru, President of the Twentieth session of the Conference of the Parties and the Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 20/CMP 10), His Excellency Mr. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, President of the Twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties and the Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 21/CMP 11), His Excellency Mr. Laurent Fabius, followed by Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. All dignitaries encouraged Parties to work constructively in a cooperative manner with a view to achieving substantive outcomes, guided by the principles of openness, transparency, and inclusiveness of the negotiating process. View Webcast of the event
	Closing addresses delivered by the COP 20/CMP 10 Presidency and the COP 21/CMP 11 incoming-Presidency 29 October 2015 The closing plenary of the eleventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) was honoured by the presence of Ambassador Voto-Bernales on behalf of the COP 20/CMP 10 President, and Ambassador Laurence Tubiana on behalf of the COP 21/CMP 11 incoming-President. Welcoming the progress made up to date, both ambassadors encouraged Parties to continue their endeavours in view to developing substantive outcomes for the COP 21/CMP 11 that will be held in Paris, France, November-December 2015. View webcast of the Closing Plenary
	News of the Convention and Protocol Bodies

Other meetings
	Press Conference with Christiana Figueres on "Climate Action Now" Report Bonn, Germany 18 November 2015 The press conference is scheduled for Wednesday 18 November 2015 at 2:30 p.m. CET. View webcast (Begins 18 November 2015)
	87th meeting of the CDM Executive Board (CDM-EB) Paris, France 23-27 November 2015 Meeting information and documents are available online. More information View webcast (Begins 23 November 2015)

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Paris Climate Change Conference - November 2015