UN Climate Change Conference – COP24

Special Coverage of COP24, the UN Climate Change Conference

2 December-14 December 2018

As world leaders and change-makers gather this December in Katowice, Poland, for the 24^th Conference of the Parties of the Climate Change Convention, or COP24, UN News will provide you with a front row seat to all the action.

Follow the negotiations on how nations can collectively limit global warming, find out about the latest technologies available to reduce the harmful impact of human activity on the planet, stay connected to those who are making a difference, every day, across the globe.

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COP24 closing plenary meeting in Katowice, Poland, 16 December 2018.

At COP24, countries agree concrete way forward to bring the Paris climate deal to life

15 December 2018

Failing to agree on climate action would ‘not only be immoral’ but ‘suicidal’, UN chief tells COP24

12 December 2018

An Earth Council Flash Mob at COP24 in Poland to remind all negotiators and leaders that everything is moving too slow and that we have to take action now.

COP24 negotiations: Why reaching agreement on climate action is so complex

11 December 2018

Huriccane Tomas Floods Streets of Gonaives, Haiti

COP24 addresses climate change displacement ahead of crunch migration meeting

8 December 2018

An electric and driverless car displayed at the United Kingdom Pavilion at COP24, in Katowice, Poland. December 2018.

Taking fast road to ‘e-mobility’ central to a sustainable future: COP24

6 December 2018

Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Review Editor of the 2018 IPCC special report, "Global Warming of 1.5 °,” in an interview with UN News at COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland.

UN News/Yasmina Guerda

Half a degree matters - leading UN climate change expert

14 December 2018

Interviews

At COP24, thousands gathered to find concrete ways to move forward on the historic Paris Agreement.

In the reforestation site of Merea, Chad, children are planting acacia seedlings for the future In the past 50 years, Lake Chad basin shrank from 25,000 square kilometers to 2,000square kilometers.

UNDP Chad/Jean Damascene Hakuzim

Preparing Africa for ravages of climate change ‘cannot be an afterthought’ – COP24

14 December 2018

Climate and Environment

Africa is at a “tipping point” as global warming increases, and urgent action needs to be taken across the continent now, to mitigate risks and safeguard a decade of social and economic gains, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the United Nations Development Agency (UNDP) at the COP24 climate conference, in Katowice, Poland.