The Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the main international forum on climate action. The annual conference gathers governments, leaders, policymakers, CSOs, NGOs, and other stakeholders in a two-week Summit. This year, it will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11-24 November, 2024. Topics we anticipate will be covered in discussions include adaptation and mitigation, climate finance, Loss and Damage, and the fossil fuel phase-out.

GCE’s presence at UNFCCC COP meetings has been consistent and growing with each year. At COP26 in Glasgow, GCE had one member in attendance at the conference and additionally acted as collaborators on three side events. GCE’s first full delegation of eight members was sent to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, completing the first year that GCE had a dedicated COP team, and engaged in multiple on-site and virtual side events. COP28 marked the busiest GCE COP to date, where we co-organised six Blue Zone pavilion events and one UNFCCC side event in addition to having seven members in attendance in Dubai, UAE and two members participating virtually.