General Information Event Dates: November 10-21, 2025 Name: COP30 or 30th Conference of the Parties, Belém 2025, Amazonia Brazil Main Topics: Climate finance, emissions mitigation, climate change adaptation, fossil fuel reduction, forest protection, and biodiversity support Leaders absent from COP30: Donald Trump (USA), Xi Jinping (China), Vladimir Putin (Russia), and Narendra Modi (India), leaders of [...]
Information about COP28 The venue: Dubai. Between November 30 and December 12, 2023 President designated: Sultan Al Jaber The motto: “Unite, act, deliver.” Main objective: Keep the increase in global temperature to 1.5°C by 2100. COP28 Goals Phase out fossil fuels. End fossil fuel subsidies. Triple renewable energy in seven years. Sultan Al Jaber's unusual [...]
Data from COP27 The 27th Conference of the Parties took place in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, under the theme "Together for Implementation". With 35,000 people in attendance, including government representatives, observers, and members of civil society. COP27 took place between November 6 and 18, 2022, a year marked by extreme weather events across [...]
This Wednesday, September 24, 2025, the 2025 Climate Summit will be held at United Nations Headquarters. This event, convened by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, will address compliance with the Paris Agreement and the state of the fight against climate change. We have been asking ourselves the question that headlines this article almost since we created SGK-Planet [...]
COP 30 will be held in 2025 in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21. Three decades have passed since COP 1 in Berlin, 1995, until COP 30. This period marks an important milestone in our planet's climate. Thirty is a round number, ideal for taking stock of the achievements and failures of the COPs [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2024 was the warmest year on record. Current projections predict that 2025 will be even warmer. Among the consequences of the unstoppable rise in temperature are extreme heat and cold waves, devastating floods, massive forest fires, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other catastrophic events. What are we [...]
This year, 2025, we celebrate the 55th Anniversary of Earth Day, and the theme "Our Power, Our Planet" has been chosen to develop the April 22nd Earth Day campaign. Let's go back in time to the history of this Earth Day celebration. In 1970, April 22nd was established as a day dedicated to recognizing the [...]
Here we present the most relevant data on COP29. Event duration: November 11-22, 2024. Name: COP29 Baku 2024 or 29th Conference of the Parties. Location: Baku, Azerbaijan. President : Mukhtar Babayev Population: 10.11 million (World Bank, 2023) Motto: In solidarity for a green world Logo: What to expect from COP29 Reducing carbon emissions, adapting [...]
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On June 8, 2024, within the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences, we celebrate World Oceans Day, with the theme “Awaken new depths”. The oceans are considered the lungs of the Earth. They provide about 50% of the planet's oxygen and are responsible for a large part of the Earth's biodiversity. Their waters [...]
