COP21 - 2015 Paris Climate Conference, Den Haag

Ridderzaal in Den Haag
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date November 30, 2015 - December 11, 2015
city Den Haag, Brussels, Paris, France
attending S.A.M. (Sharon) Dijksma i, M. (Mark) Rutte i, E.M.J. (Lilianne) Ploumen i, J.C. (Jean-Claude) Juncker i, R.J. (Remco) Dijkstra i, (Kriton) Arsenis i, X. (Xavier) Bettel i, M. (Miguel) Arias Cañete i, V. (Violeta) Bulc i et al.
organisation Conference of the Parties (COP)

COP21 will be a crucial round of international climate negotiations with the main objective to endorse a legally binding international climate agreement, under which all parties would commit to make necessary efforts to keep global warming below 2°C by the end of the century.

DG research i and innovation, as a member of the European Commission's negotiating task force led by DG CLIMA i, will showcase at COP 21 the contribution of research and innovation on climate-related challenges:

Climate services: promoting a flourishing market which delivers added value

Strategic energy technology (SET-) plan

Decarbonisation pathways: designing the opportunities of the low-carbon economy

The Arctic: hotspot of climate change, test case for climate innovation

Earth observation: making GEOSS a reality

Several side events will be organised in the EU pavilion.


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