COP21 - 2015 Paris Climate Conference, Den Haag - Main contents
date | November 30, 2015 - December 11, 2015 |
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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.