UNFCCC COP 23 – SDG Knowledge Hub

The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place at the headquarters of the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. Presided over by the Government of Fiji, the UN Climate Change Conference will include the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UNFCCC, the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 13) and the 47th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 47) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 47). It will also include the fourth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-4) and the second part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1-2).
The SDG Knowledge Hub Summary of UNFCCC COP 22 (Marrakech Climate Change Conference) is <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/marrakech-conference-carries-momentum-of-climate-action/">here</a>.
The SDG Knowledge Hub Summary of the decisions taken during COP 23 is <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/cop-23-adopts-decisions-on-adaptation-fund-gender-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities/">here</a>.
The SDG Knowledge Hub covered events and initiatives leading up to the COP, including: the UN and Germany signing the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/un-and-germany-sign-host-country-agreement-for-unfccc-cop-23/">host country agreement</a>; the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/rabat-meeting-advances-views-on-2018-facilitative-dialogue/">Rabat Meeting</a> advancing views on 2018 Facilitative Dialogue; a <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/canada-china-and-eu-ministerial-advances-discussions-on-paris-agreement-implementation/">Canada, China and EU Ministerial</a> on advancing implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change; and the Secretariat publishing <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/unfccc-secretariat-publishes-cop-23-annotated-agendas/">provisional agendas</a> for the meetings.
The SDG Knowledge Hub coverage of meetings of UNFCCC constituted bodies taking place in preparation for COP 23 includes the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/next-unfccc-adaptation-forum-to-address-integration-of-adaptation-with-sdgs-laki-advances-adaptation-knowledge-in-north-africa/">Adaptation Committee</a> (AC), the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/wim-excom-advances-work-on-risk-transfer-climate-displacement/">Executive Committee</a> (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM), the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/unfccc-tec-convenes-ahead-of-bonn-climate-talks-un-partners-build-capacity-on-climate-change-and-agriculture-sdgs/">Technology Executive Committee</a> (TEC), the <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/ctcn-advisory-board-meets-in-preparation-for-cop-23-ctcn-technical-assistance-advances-sdgs/">Climate Technology Centre and Network</a> (CTCN) and the Kyoto Protocol <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/news/transparency-and-compliance-update-unfccc-reports-on-technical-assessment-of-ethiopias-proposed-frel-compliance-committee-holds-annual-meeting/">Compliance Committee</a>.
The SDG Knowledge Hub coverage of events leading up to and taking place during COP 23 is <a href="http://sdg.iisd.org/tag/unfccc-cop23/">here</a>.