Day 11 at COP 23: New efforts announced at Bonn Climate Conference to implement climate action
Day 11: Thursday, 16 November: An Implementation COP—The Bonn [...]
Initiative to increase insurance coverage for climate-related disasters launched at UN conference
On the heels of one of the worst – and most costly – Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, a global initiative was launched Wednesday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), in Bonn, Germany, with the aim of providing insurance to hundreds of millions of vulnerable people by 2020 and to increase the resilience of developing countries against the impacts of climate change.
UN climate conference aims for greater ambition as 2017 set to be among hottest years
“The need for urgency is obvious,” said COP23 President and Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama, at the opening of the conference.
UN climate conference to maintain ambition one year after Paris accord’s entry into force
One year after the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Bonn Conference, which opens on 6 November in Germany, will be an opportunity for nations around the world to show their ambition for climate action and their determination to keep their promises.