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

Bike ride in Damascus, Syria (2015). The event was promoted by Sarah Zein's initiative "Yalla Let's Bike".

Photo courtesy of 'Come On, Let’s Bike'

Beating climate change, boosting women: bike advocate takes to Damascus streets

13 December 2018

Interviews

When “conflict was underway, and checkpoints were increasing everywhere” in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Sarah Zein started biking to avoid the traffic, but verbal sexual harassment on the streets, soon became a big problem.

Since then, she’s become an eco-friendly advocate for both a greener environment and the rights of women, attracting more than 4,000 girls to her cycling events, and helping increase bike ownership among women.