Climate Change and Nutrition

2019 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 25)

2-13 December 2019
Madrid, Spain

The United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) is the international response to climate change. It is a treaty that establishes the basic obligations of the 196 Parties (States) plus the European Union to combat climate change. It was signed at the Earth Summit in 1992 and came into force in 1994.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. The Parties meet annually to review progress in the implementation of the Convention where other instruments that support the implementation of the Convention are proposed, evaluated and approved.

The first COP was held in Berlin in 1995. To date, 24 COPs have been held, the last one in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018.

Visit the website for more information about the Conference.

All side events will be live webcast and available to view on demand at the side events webcast page.

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