U.N. Climate Change Summits

The UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) is a treaty of almost 200 parties whose main goal is to “stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”, or address and develop policy recommendations to mitigate climate change. It was formed during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (also known as the Earth Summit).

Brighter Green has participated, on-site and remotely, in several recent UNFCCC conferences. The COP (Conference of the Parties) serves as the supreme body of the Convention, and meets annually to review its progress. There are also subsidiary bodies to assist the COP. The two permanent subsidiaries are the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) which convene with temporary bodies throughout the year.

Along with partner organizations, we disseminate our research to educate and encourage policy action on the detrimental effects of industrial animal agriculture on climate change, as well as Indigenous People, local economies, biodiversity, public health, and animal welfare. For more information about our work at various climate summits, see below.

COP 15 – Copenhagen, Denmark	SBI/SBSTA 40 – Bonn, Germany
COP 16 – Cancún, Mexico	COP 21 – Paris, France
COP 17 – Durban, South Africa	COP 22 – Marrakesh, Morocco
SBI/SBSTA 36 – Bonn, Germany	COP 23 – Bonn, Germany
COP 18 – Doha, Qatar	SBI/SBSTA 48 – Bonn, Germany
SBI/SBSTA 38 – Bonn, Germany	COP 24 – Katowice, Poland
COP 19 – Warsaw, Poland	COP 25 – Madrid, Spain
	COP 26 – Glasgow, Scotland

Thanks to our partners…

Humane Society International • Global Forest Coalition • World Animal Protection • Compassion in World Farming • Action Aid International • Chatham House • EAT Initiative • Johns Hopkins Center for A Livable Future • Réseau Associatif pour la Protection Animale et le Développement Durable (RAPAD) Maroc • Association de Défense des Animaux et de la Nature (ADAN) • Friends of Siberian Forests • ProVeg International • Pan African Animal Welfare Alliance • Africa Network for Animal Welfare • Green Course • Good Food Academy • Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy • International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) • Segunda Sem Carne • Grupo do Carta do Belém • Centro de Estudios e Invetigaciones de Derecho Rural y Reforma Agraria (CEIDRA) • Green Belt Movement • International Fund for Africa • La Vía Campesina • Confédération Paysanne • Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) • A Well-Fed World • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine • Don’t Eat Friends • Dupoto Community Forest Association