Climate Change Conference Begins Today with the Leaders Event in Paris (30 November-11 December 2015)

21st session of Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) begins with the Leaders Event today. President Recep TAYYİP ERDOĞAN will deliver a speech at the Leaders Event hosting heads of state and government from all over the world. A new climate change agreement to be applied from 2020 onwards is planned to be adopted at the end of the Conference. The new climate change agreement would signify a global consensus achieved in order to prevent the negative impacts of climate change from being irreversible. It is expected that issues related to adaptation will be addressed on par with mitigation within the context of the new climate change agreement. Upon EU’s prospective accession, the new climate change agreement will become an important part of the acquis concerning Chapter 27 on Environment and Climate Change. For further information regarding COP21 please click.