The two-week long UN climate talks, called also as Africa summit, had as its main task to elaborate the implementing rules. The COP22 climate meeting focused on the following topics among others: Paris Agenda, elaboration of the detailed rules of the Paris Agreement; monitoring and reporting rules for greenhouse gas emissions; preparation for the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue.
The international climate finance, provided by the developed countries (USD 100 billion yearly by 2020), was a main topic in the talks. At the same time, the availability of financial resources post 2020 has been also very important question for the developing countries. Several countries (including US, Canada, Mexico and Germany) announced long-term strategy reducing GHG emissions by 2050 during the conference. Some initiatives aiming to fight against climate change were launched (e.g. “2050 pathways platform”). The European Commission signed three declarations during the Marrakech UNFCCC meetings: (1) a joint EU-Africa declaration on the Renewable Energy Initiative; (2) a bilateral declaration on climate cooperation with Mozambique; (3) a joint statement on the Initiative on Climate Risk Insurance.
The Parties adopted a declaration (Marrakech Action Proclamation) to signal their commitments to shift towards a new era of implementation and action on climate and sustainable development. The proclamation can be read here.
The decisions adopted by COP22 and CMA1 are available here.
During the COP22 conference, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that it is very likely that 2016 will be the hottest year on record. Preliminary data shows that 2016’s global temperatures are approximately 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
