COP 21 - 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - 30 November - 11 December 2015, Paris, France (via Research & Innovation)

COP21 will be a crucial round of international climate negotiations with the main objective to endorse a legally binding international climate agreement, under which all Parties would commit to make necessary efforts to keep global warming below 2°C by the end of the century. DG Research and Innovation, as a member of the European Commission's negotiating task force led by DG CLIMA, will showcase at COP 21 the contribution of research and innovation on climate-related challenges: • Climate Services: promoting a flourishing market which delivers added value • Strategic Energy Technology (SET-) Plan • Decarbonisation pathways: designing the opportunities of the low-carbon economy • The Arctic: hotspot of climate change, test case for climate innovation • Earth Observation: making GEOSS a reality Several side events will be organised in the EU pavilion. More details will be soon published on this webpage.

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