FAQs about the COP, Conference of the Parties

1. What is a COP, when and how did it originate?

2. What is the UNFCCC and what is its relationship with the COP?

3. When and where was the first COP held?

4. Why are COPs held every year?

5. How does a COP work?

6. What are the objectives of the COP?

7. What did the importance of the Rio-92 summit with respect to the COP?

8. What were the most important COPs?

9. What does the Green Fund mean for lower income countries?

10. What have COPs been used for?

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