What is COP ?
Have you heard about it ?
COP (you can pronounce it by letters C.O.P. or ‘cop’), stands for Conference of Parties.
It is a huge important meeting where world leaders come together to discuss and negotiate
on ways to reduce our global temperature by 2’C.
COP is organized by UNFCCC,
and it has been taking place since 1994.
Let’s take a look at all the places that had held this important meeting.
- 1995: COP 1, The Berlin Mandate
- 1996: COP 2, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1997: COP 3, The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
- 1998: COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1999: COP 5, Bonn, Germany
- 2000: COP 6, The Hague, Netherlands
- 2001: COP 6, Bonn, Germany
- 2001: COP 7, Marrakech, Morocco
- 2002: COP 8, New Delhi, India
- 2003: COP 9, Milan, Italy
- 2004: COP 10, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2005: COP 11/CMP 1, Montreal, Canada
- 2006: COP 12/CMP 2, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2007: COP 13/CMP 3, Bali, Indonesia
- 2008: COP 14/CMP 4, Poznań, Poland
- 2009: COP 15/CMP 5, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2010: COP 16/CMP 6, Cancún, Mexico
- 2011: COP 17/CMP 7, Durban, South Africa
- 2012: COP 18/CMP 8, Doha, Qatar
- 2013: COP 19/CMP 9, Warsaw, Poland
- 2014: COP 20/CMP 10, Lima, Peru
- 222015: COP 21/CMP 11, Paris, France
Much awaited COP 21 will begin on 30 November 2015.
Be a knowledgeable and alert citizen.
Don’t miss a chance to follow up with what’s happening in COP21.
STAY TUNE with Malaysian Youth Delegation.
