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What is COP?

Since Earth Summit in 1992, the United Nations organized the COP (Conference of Parties) to discuss two themes: biodiversity (biannual meetings) and climate (annual). In these meetings, the participating countries commit themselves to preserve species of animals and plants, and reduce levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere

Climate Change

COP 15

Copenhagen Accord: countries sign creation of a fund to combat global warming

COP 16

At an event in Mexico, the Brazilian government is committed to ensuring low carbon economy

COP 17

Check the site with information about the UN Climate Conference in South Africa

Biodiversity
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COP 10

Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) was signed by 193 countries at the meeting in Nagoya

Kyoto Protocol

Adoption of the second commitment period of the agreement beyond 2012 is among the major discussions at COP 17

Ecological conservation

For expert, Brazil is one of the ten countries that produces more scientific papers on ecology

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