China News Agency, Berlin, May 28 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced on the 28th that the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the Convention, originally scheduled to be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in November this year After the extension of the new crown epidemic was announced, it is now scheduled for November 1-12, 2021.
COP26 is the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Convention Secretariat in Bonn, Germany announced the decision on the same day. This decision was reached after consensus between the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties and the host country, the United Kingdom, and Italy, the partner of the Conference. On April 1 this year, the Glasgow Climate Change Conference announced that it would be postponed.
The Convention Secretariat stated that since the last meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties in April this year, the Secretariat has maintained its pace of work and launched several initiatives aimed at promoting climate action and climate ambitions throughout society. The formal negotiation and decision-making process between the parties will be scheduled during the October meeting of the subsidiary bodies of the Convention.
"Our efforts to combat climate change and the New Crown epidemic are not mutually exclusive." Espinosa, the Executive Secretary of the Convention Secretariat, said that if done properly, the recovery process from the New Crown crisis will lead to a more inclusive and sustainable climate field path of.
The Ministry of Commerce, Energy and Industry Strategy of the host country of the current climate change conference said in a statement that the UK will continue to cooperate with all parties to increase climate action, build climate resilience and reduce carbon emissions. The statement said that the new session in November 2021 will also allow the United Kingdom and Italy to take advantage of the opportunity to chair the G7 and G20 countries next year to promote greater climate ambitions. (Finish)