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UNITED NATIONS
Framework Convention on Climate Change
2017 2017 2018
COP23 - A Launch-Pad for Higher Ambition
At the UN climate conference COP23 in Bonn , nations agree the next steps towards higher climate action ambition before 2020 . Delegates launch the ' Talanoa Dialogue ' to help set the stage for the revising upwards of national climate action plans needed to put the world on track to meet pre-2020 ambition and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement .
One Planet Summit Results in Finance Commitments
World leaders gather in Paris to demonstrate how billions of dollars could be shifted towards a low-carbon future . Financial flows are crucial for countries ' national climate action plans under the Paris Agreement .
IPCC Confirms Importance of 1.5C Goal
A special Global Warming of 1.5C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms the need to maintain the strongest commitment to the Paris Agreement ' s aims of limiting global warming to stave off the worst impacts of climate change , which include more frequent and more severe droughts , floods and storms .
12 November 2021