Do we really need the Conference of the Parties (CoP)?

Now that the thirtieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) is drawing near, it would be a good idea to go over the jargons related to climate change and see the latest position with respect to each one of them. This will help us to fortify ourselves adequately to appreciate the next turn of events during CoP30 and after. CoP30 is being held in Brazil (Belem) from the 11th to 21st of November, 2025 and the venue is considered to be the gateway to the Amazon forests. The several jargons that we need to refresh include the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), the global stocktake, the global goal on adaptation (GGA) and so on. [Read more…]