The Connect4Climate program joins the UNFCCC Katowice Climate Meetings, COP24, from 2-14 December. We are broadcasting live interviews every day from the MDB Joint Pavilion, 1-2pm (local time) on our Facebook page. Follow our #MDBTalks to get the latest.

Connect4Climate is also broadcasting certain events throughout the two weeks, and filming partner activities and interviews. We are partnering on events relating to our advocacy initiatives, and will be presenting the “Youth Unstoppable” call-to-action. Throughout COP24, we will be supporting youth engagement, education and knowledge activities, promoting climate leadership, engaging partners, and showcasing action to empower climate commitments.

Follow our social media channels to catch highlights, engaging video content and latest developments. The main Twitter hashtag for the events is #COP24. Also find out more on Virtual participation through the UNFCCC, and follow their Webcast.

Photo Credits: Kaia Rose / Connect4Climate

For the Talanoa Dialogue, the important international conversation in which countries and non-Party stakeholders will check progress and seek to increase global ambition to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, please use the hashtag #Talanoa4Ambition.

The twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24), the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 14), and the third part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1.3) will be held at the International Conference Centre (MCK)  and the adjacent Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, from 2 to 14 December 2018.

Photo Credits: Kaia Rose / Connect4Climate

The high-level segment of COP 24 will be held in two parts. The delivery of national statements from Heads of State and Government during the high-level segment will take place on Monday, 3 December 2018, and will resume on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 and Wednesday, 12 December 2018 with ministers and delegation heads delivering national statements for those Parties that did not deliver statements on 3 December.

The priority outcome from negotiations at COP24 will be the finalization of the “Paris rulebook”, i.e., the framework of rules that will guide the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The World Bank delegation will be participating in over 60 events, announcements and launches.

The World Bank Group will announce new climate targets for 2025, including a major boost in adaptation, and will present analytical work on mobility, transport, and the energy sector. It will also delve into the topic of just transition, focusing on delivering effective low-carbon pathways to development. It is clear we cannot fight poverty without fighting climate change, including scaling up attention to adaptation, and there is a significant opportunity for cleaner, smarter and decarbonized growth.

For the first time, seven Multilateral Development Banks (ADB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, IFC, IsDB, and WB) and CIFs will be present at COP with a dedicated pavilion that will serve as a convening and networking hub to promote, discuss and share climate solutions with global leaders, media and online influencers. If you are at COP24, please visit us at our welcome desk for more information on our event schedule.

Photo Credits: Kaia Rose / Connect4Climate

Not in Katowice?

You can watch the MDB Joint Pavilion Facebook Live sessions at www.facebook.com/Connect4Climate 

What is COP24?

COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The UNFCCC, which entered into force on 21 March 1994, is a “Rio Convention,” one of three adopted at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. Today, the convention boasts near-universal membership; the many countries to have ratified it are known as Parties to the Convention. Preventing “dangerous” human interference with the climate system is the UNFCCC's ultimate objective.

Watch the live Webcast of COP24 provided by UNFCCC

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme body of the UNFCCC Convention. It consists of the representatives of the Parties to the Convention, and holds its sessions annually. The COP decides what is necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention, and conducts regular reviews to ensure that real progress is being made.

As President of COP24, Poland will hold the Presidency of the Climate Convention for the third time, taking over the COP23 Presidency from the Republic of Fiji