The COP30, seen sixty days later
As we write this, two months have passed since the close of COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, between November 10 and 21, 2025, a meeting that had generated much hope, but whose final outcome fell far short of expectations. When a COP ends, usually set on a Friday, all [...]
Summary and conclusions of COP30 Belem 2025 Amazonia Brazil
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), [...]
Brief Summary of COP28 Dubai UAE 2023
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 [...]
Brief summary of COP29 Baku, Azerbaijan 2024
Key facts about COP29 Event dates: November 11-22, 2024. Main topics: Climate finance and carbon markets. These focused on available funds and creating effective mechanisms for carbon markets. Location: Baku, Azerbaijan. President of COP29: Muxtar Babayev, Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources President of Azerbaijan: Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijan's [...]
Brief summary of COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh 2022
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 [...]
Are we complying with the Paris Agreement?
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 [...]
What is expected from COP30?
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 [...]
The visible faces of climate change
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 [...]
Earth Day 2025. Our Power, Our Planet
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 [...]
What happened to the polar vortex in 2025?
The polar vortex is a phenomenon that normally occurs in the upper atmosphere above the Arctic. It manifests as a mass of cold air that rotates counterclockwise, growing and shrinking with the changing seasons. The phenomenon was diagnosed as a “sudden stratospheric warming”, which caused the vortex to disperse [...]
Save our glaciers
Every year, March 22nd is World Water Day. This year's theme is the title at the top of this article. These three simple words, “save our glaciers”, already indicate the relationship between glaciers and freshwater. What is a glacier? Glaciers are large masses of ice and snow formed on [...]
World Water Day 2025. Glacier preservation
On the occasion of the celebration of World Water Day and 2025 being the “International Year for the Preservation of Glaciers”, the United Nations Assembly (UN) agreed to designate March 21 as World Glacier Day starting in 2025. The United Nations sets the objective for celebrating World Glacier Day: [...]
Forests and Foods. International Day of Forests 2025
For this year, 2025, the United Nations has decided to celebrate the International Day of Forests with the theme “Forests and Foods”, to recognize the fundamental importance of all types of forests for their impact on “food security, nutrition, and livelihoods”. The goal is to raise awareness about the [...]
New Climate Criticism section of SGK-PLANET
At SGK-PLANET we have been reporting for fifteen years on how Global Warming and Climate Change are dominating us instead of us dominating them. Despite the number of Climate Conferences, Earth Summits, Protocols and Climate Agreements, for now the Earth's temperature continues its unstoppable increase year after year, with [...]
Summary and conclusions of COP29 Baku, Azerbaijan 2024
Relevant data on COP29 Event duration : November 11-22, 2024 Name : COP29 or 29th Conference of the Parties. This year’s main themes: Climate finance and carbon markets. These focused on the funding available and creating effective mechanisms for carbon markets. The notable absentees: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Indian [...]