UNFCCC - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is one of the largest international treaties. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the highest decision-making authority of the Convention. Its sessions take place once a year to specify rules for UNFCCC implementation.

Parties to the Convention, observer States and observer organizations participate in sessions of the COP. These participants come from over 190 countries.

The conference includes not only official plenary sessions and meetings, but also side events and exhibits aimed at raising awareness about problems related to global climate change. Non-governmental organisations, with thousands of representatives at the conference, are especially active in this area.


OVERVIEW SCHEDULE: United Nations Climate Change Conference Poznan 2008 - updated 21.11.2008 (141KB)

SCHEDULE: Fourteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14) (62KB)

SCHEDULE: Fourth Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 4) (81KB)

SCHEDULE: Twenty-Ninth Session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 29) (89KB)

SCHEDULE: Twenty-Ninth Session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 29) (94KB)

SCHEDULE: Resumed Sixth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (Resumed AWG-KP 6) (161KB)


All information on participation and the full programme will appear on the conference website: www.unfccc.int