What is the COP? The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP...

COP 19 was the 19th yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Meeting of the …

Nov 7, 2025 · What is COP (Conference of the Parties), and why is it so important for the world? Get the answer to these questions—and more—in our latest McKinsey Explainer.

Nov 10, 2025 · Each COP, which plays out over the course of about two weeks, is made up of the presidency and the attendees. The COP presidency, which is held in most cases by the host country, …

Nov 3, 2025 · The UN Conference of the Parties, or COP, was established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It brings together nearly all nations to …

Dec 15, 2025 · COP30 was meant to be a ‘COP of Truth’ — instead, it laid bare the limits of global climate ambition.

The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) will convene in November 2025 in Brazil. It will include the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 30), the 20th meeting of the …

Dec 6, 2024 · COP, full history of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, from Rio Summit, Kyoto and Paris to COP 27 – 28 2024-07-16

A conference of the parties (COP; French: Conférence des Parties, CP) is the supreme governing body of an international convention (treaty, written agreement between actors in international law).

To put it simply, the COP is where the world comes together to agree on the actions to address the climate crisis, such as limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable …