Unated Nations International Climate Change Meeings, International Policy

Conference of the Parties

 

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 The best chance to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change might be this December, when the world’s governments meet in Copenhagen at the United Nations climate change conference.

With scientists warning that we need to cut emissions sharply as soon as possible — or else we’ll be gambling with our fate and the fate of the planet — the meetings in Copenhagen have taken on unprecedented importance.

The Nature Conservancy is urging countries to agree to a comprehensive global agreement on climate change. We are actively participating in the UN negotiations leading up to Copenhagen to ensure the agreement includes:

The Conservancy is committed to helping the world adopt a meaningful and effective global climate change accord. Our mission — to protect nature and preserve life — demands nothing less.

International Climate Change Negotiations

Poznan, Poland

Shaping the Conversation

The Conservancy is engaged at Bangkok and other international climate change meetings.

climate change: international dispatches

Dispatches

Follow our team as we track the news from the UN negotiations.

California Climate Change Summit

Global Emissions Reductions

Learn about our goals for creating emissions reductions.

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Past Negotiations

Bangkok, October 2009
Bonn, June 2009
Poznan, December, 2008
                        Bali, December, 2007

Climate Change Policy

Saving Forests

Learn more about what the Conservancy is doing reduce emissions from deforestation.

 

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Adapting to Climate Change

Can people and nature adapt to Climate Change? Yes - see what the Conservancy is doing.


 

The Nature Conservancy in Europe

The Conservancy in Europe

Learn more about the Conservancy's presence in Europe.

 

 

WCC Dispatches

Climate Change Documents

PDFs of our documents on climate change, forest conservation, and more.

  

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Sam Kreuzer/Creative Commons (Copenhagen); Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC (Lesan River Orangutan Survery Site in East Kalimantan, Indonesia,); Photo © Isriya Paireepairit/Creative Commons (united nations seal); Photo © sketchglass.net/Creative Commons (Copenhagen map); Photo © CJ Hudlow (California tree); Photo © Harvey Payne (Arizona Storm); Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC (forest); Photo © European Community (European Union flag); Photo © maggda/Creative Commons (Poznan Opera house) Photo ©  Sergio Pucci/TNC (three-toed sloth).