The Social PreCOP will be held from 4-7 November 2014, ahead of UNFCCC COP 20. It will welcome civil society organizations from all over the world, including those attending the UNFCCC negotiations or involved in other UN processes, as well as organizations with no formal UN status. The Social Pre-COP will, inter alia: provide civil society with an opportunity to contribute ideas and proposals for the new climate agreement; ensure that its agenda is aligned with the current themes negotiated under the Convention to enable viable inputs to the formal process; and facilitate regional balance and different perspectives. The agenda includes a social organizations debate, presentations by selected speakers to ministers, and a ministers' meeting. Twitter: @SocialPreCOP  

dates: 4-7 November 2014  
location: Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela  
e-mail: precop20@gmail.com