2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference will be held on 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

As IISD’s SDG Knowledge Hub writes, the conference will include:

• the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28);
• the fifth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 5);
• the 18th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 18);
• the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 59); and
• the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 59).

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, is the COP 28 President-Designate.