COP 16 definition

COP 16 means the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change 16th session of the Conference of the Parties.
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Examples of COP 16 in a sentence

  • With Decision IG.19/6 of COP 16, the Contracting Parties adopted the criteria and procedures for admission of international, national, and local civil society organizations/NGOs as MAP Partners.

  • After COP 16, REDD+ was understood as the innovative and cost-effective mechanism that included five key issues: reducing emission from deforestation; reducing emission from forest degradation; conservation of forest carbon-stock; sustainable management of forests; and enhancement of forest carbon-stock.

  • In December 2010, the COP 16 was held in Durban, South Africa, resulted in the Cancun Agreements, a comprehensive package by governments to assist developing nations to deal with climate change.

  • The Cancun Agreement (AWG-LCA paragraph 65)1 as the main outcome of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) 16 encourages governments to prepare low-carbon development strategies in the context of sustainable development.