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Global Climate Summit
Why is it in News?
- UN declared that global climate summit will be held on December 12.
Details:
- It will be co-hosted by UN and Britain.
- It will be fifth anniversary of Paris Agreement.
- United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) will be held in Glasgow in November 2021.
- COP:
(1) The Conference of Parties (COP) is the apex decision-making body of the United Nations Climate Change Framework Convention (UNFCCC).
(2) The UNFCCC was formed in 1994 to stabilize the greenhouse gas emissions and to protect the earth from the threat of climate change.
(3) COP members have been meeting every year since the year 1995.
(4) As of 2019, the number of member countries in the UNFCCC has reached 197.
(5) The first conference (COP1) was held in 1995 in Berlin.
(6) The 3rd conference of parties (COP3) was held in Kyoto and then after Kyoto protocol was adopted
(7) COP25 was held in Madrid, Spain.