COP28
The Green Zone and the Blue Zone - The Blue Zone at COP28 UAE is under the management of the UNFCCC. This is where official negotiations and high-level meetings take place. Reserved for accredited participants, including government representatives, negotiators, observers, and accredited media, it is the epicenter of decision-making on international climate policies and agreements. The Green Zone on the other hand is managed by the UAE presidency which has presented the zone as a more inclusive space designed to engage the wider public. This includes NGOs and businesses, as well as diverse stakeholders. It is described as a hub for innovation, collaboration, and showcasing solutions to climate-related issues.
Each Green Zone ticket is valid for a specific day and permits a single scan. Green Zone Day Passes are not available during the initial three days of the conference, from November 30 to December 2. During this period, entry to the Green Zone is exclusive and by invitation only. The local control of the green zone held by the local authorities has raised concerns particularly give the strict rules about civil actions.
In progress
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
and Acronyms
Bibliography
- CMA
- Short form for the group of the countries who have signed and ratified the Paris Agreement.
- COP
- Conference of the Parties. There are all kinds of COPs for various international agreements, but the term COP is mostly associated with meetings created after the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This COP meets mostly annuall. It is a voluntary nonbonding treaty made by nations under the United Nations based on The Paris Agreement (2015). To date 198 nations have ratified the agreement.
- Cop Host
- Each year a different country becomes the COP president, in charge of organising and running that year’s meeting. Usually this means that the host city moves each year, too. Any new agreements which are made at COP tend to be named after the host city, e.g. the 2015 Paris Agreement or the 2021 Glasgow Climate Pact (COP26).
- United Nations
- Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)
- A nationally determined contribution (NDC) or intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) is a non-binding national plan highlighting climate change mitigation, including climate-related targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. While parties are legally obligated to have an NDC, and to pursue measures with the aim of achieving it, achievement of the NDC is not a legally binding or enforceable commitment.
- Global Stocktake (GST)
- (Global stocktake) findings inform parties on next iteration of their climate plans submitted by nations to the UNFCCC
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. he UNFCCC convention entered into force on 21 March 1994 to prevent “dangerous” human interference with the climate system. The Convention has near universal membership (198 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
- Kyota Protocol
- The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. There were 192 parties (Canada withdrew from the protocol, effective December 2012)[5] to the Protocol in 2020. The Kyoto Protocol applied to the seven greenhouse gases listed in Annex A: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)
- 2015 Paris Agreement.
- A legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21). The twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) took place from 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris, France.
- Global North/Global South
- The concept of Global North and Global South (or North–South divide in a global context) is used to describe a grouping of countries along the lines of socio-economic and political characteristics.
- Loss and Damages Fund
- The aim of the Loss and Damage Fund is to provide financial assistance to poorer nations as they deal with the negative consequences that arise from the unavoidable risks of climate change - for example: rising sea levels, extreme heat waves, desertification, forest fires, crop failures etc.
- COP26
- 2021 Glasgow Climate Pact See PSM archive
- COP27
- Met in Egypt See PSM archive
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- WTO
- World Trade Organization
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- The IMF and the World Bank were created in July 1944 at an international conference in the United States. The IMF provides short- and medium-term loans to help countries that are experiencing balance of payments problems and difficulty meeting international payment obligations. IMF loans are funded mainly by quota contributions from its members.
- Global Environmental Information Exchange Network
- (INFOTERRA, The Global Environmental Information Exchange Network, is funded by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The INFOTERRA network as a whole handles more than 40,000 queries per year on every aspect of the human and physical environment, including the control of lead pollution or acid rain to sustainable management of national parks and conservation of fragile ecosystems. (The Global Environmental Information Exchange Network is not usually written out). The network, is funded by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
- United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
- Green Zone
- Blue Zone
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, that brings together individuals and political and business leaders each year to discuss significant issues that impact the global economy.
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Set forward by the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a collection of 17 global goals aimed at improving the planet and the quality of human life around the world by the year 2030. They are considered to be a call-to-action for people worldwide to address five critical areas of importance: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership.
- COP 15
- See psm archives
- Developed Country
- A developed country—also called an industrialized country—has a mature and sophisticated economy, usually measured by gross domestic product (GDP) and/or average income per resident. Developed countries have advanced technological infrastructure and have diverse industrial and service sectors.
- Developing Country
- According to the UN, a developing country is a country with a relatively low standard of living, undeveloped industrial base, and moderate to low Human Development Index (HDI). This index is a comparative measure of poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors for countries worldwide. This term along with "third world" "least developed country (LDC) "under developed country" or "global south" are also viewed as ambiguous with racist connotations. See discussion at the World Bank Blog.
- World Bank
- The World Bank is an international development organization owned by 187 countries. Its role is to reduce poverty by lending money to the governments of its poorer members to improve their economies and to improve the standard of living of their people.
- Climate Ambition
- UAE
- United Arab Emirates.