cop 26

Question 1

when was cop 26 held

Answer 1

SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021

Question 2

cop26 was delayed by a year due to

Answer 2

covid

Question 3

‘ratchet mechanism’

Answer 3

the Paris Agreement requires parties to carry out a process colloquially known as the ‘ratchet mechanism’ every five years to provide improved national pledges.

Question 4

how many parties attended cop 26

Answer 4

197

Question 5

kyoto protocol

Answer 5

The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO₂ emissions are driving it.
The protocol called for reducing the emissions of six greenhouse gases in 41 countries plus the European Union to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels.

Question 6

where and when was it signed

Answer 6

Signed: 11 December 1997, Kyoto, Japan
Signatories: 84 (1998-1999 signing period)

Question 7

kyoto protocol was signed at cop ___

Answer 7

cop 3

Question 8

what was signed at cop 21

Answer 8

paris agreement 2015

Question 9

what was signed at cop 26

Answer 9

glasgow climate pact

Question 10

cop 26 of the parties to the

Answer 10

unfccc

Question 11

____ meeting of parties to the paris agreement

Answer 11

3rd

cma 3

Question 12

____ meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol

Answer 12

16th

CMP16

Question 13

_______ is the first climate agreement explicitly planning to reduce unabated coal usage.

Answer 13

Glasgow Climate Pact

Question 14

A pledge to “phase out” coal was changed to “phase down” late in negotiation, for coal in India and coal in China and other coal reliant countries due to __________ countries

Answer 14

india and china
U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa stated that she was not happy with the last minute change of language affirmed by members of the Indian and Chinese parties but did say that, “No deal was the worst possible result there. Nobody wins,” stating she was satisfied with the deal overall. “We would have preferred a very clear statement about a phasing out of coal and (the) elimination of fossil fuel subsidies,” Espinosa said, but explained she understands India’s needs.

Question 15

what are the main elements of the glasgow climate agreement

Answer 15

An agreement to re-visit emission reduction plans in 2022 in order to try to keep the 1.5 °C Paris Agreement target achievable
The first ever inclusion of a commitment to limit (“phase down”) the use of unabated coal (from this wording it implicitly follows that utilizing coal with “abatement” (net-zero emission), e.g. by neutralizing the resulting carbon dioxide via the CO2-to-stone process, need not be reduced. However this carbon capture and storage is too expensive for most coal fired power stations.)
A commitment to climate finance for developing countries.

Question 16

More than ____ countries, including Brazil, pledged to reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030.

Answer 16

100 in some places 130

Question 17

More than ___ countries pledged to move away from coal.

Answer 17

40

Question 18

_____ + countries have pedged net zero emissions

Answer 18

140

Question 19

jeff bezos pledged ____ to help restore natural habitats and transform food systems

Answer 19

2 billion usd

Question 20

methane pledge

Answer 20

100+ countries
led by eu and us
collectively reduce methane emissions by 30%

Question 21

how many countries committed to phasing out coal

Answer 21

23

including Indonesia, Vietnam, Poland, South Korea, Egypt, Spain, Nepal, Singapore, Chile and Ukraine.

Question 22

under the glasgow climate pact, japan pledged _____ every year for the next five years and italy pledged ____________-

Answer 22

2 billion,

1.4 billion usd

Question 23

they agreed that cars and vans sold would be net zero in leading markets by 2035 and _________ globally

Answer 23

2040

Question 24

according to the unep developing countries need 70 billion a year for adaptation to make progress on climate change and the number is expexted to double by

Answer 24

2030

Question 25

the adaptation fund set up in 2001 to finance adaptation in developing countries received _____ at cop26

Answer 25

$356 million

Question 26

what is the supreme decsion making body of the unfccc

Answer 26

cop

Question 27

where and when was cop1 held

Answer 27

The first Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-1) met in Berlin from 28 March - 7 April 1995.

Question 28

where is cop held every year unless a party offers to host the session

Answer 28

Bonn, Germany
The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is located in Bonn, Germany. Secretariat staff are housed at the UN Campus and Haus Carstanjen.

Question 29

unfccc presidency rotates among

Answer 29

the 5 recognised un regions
UN’s original 51 members into regional groups. The five groups of the current 193 members are: Africa (54 members), Asia (53), Latin America and the Caribbean (33), Western Europe and Others (WEO, 29) and Eastern Europe (23).

Question 30

when was the nairobi framework adopted

Answer 30

12th cop

6 Nov 2006 – 17 Nov 2006

Question 31

what is the nairobi framework partnership

Answer 31

The Nairobi Framework Partnership (NFP) supports developing countries in preparing and implementing their plans to address climate change, called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

Question 32

what is the parent treaty of the kyoto protocol and theparis agreement

Answer 32

unfccc

Question 33

the unfccc has _____ universal membership

Answer 33

near universal

Question 34

who was the president of cop 26

Answer 34

alok sharma
Alok Sharma is a British politician serving as President for COP26 and a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since 2021. Resigning his previous position as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in order to lead COP26, he retains full Cabinet status

Question 35

the glasgow climate pact called on countries to strengthen their ndcs or 2030 climate action plans by

Answer 35

2022

Question 36

25 countries and ____ financial institutions have comitted to stop public financing of most coal projects by

Answer 36

2030

Question 37

which two top emitters of greenhouse gases agreed to boost cooperation for climate for the next decade

Answer 37

china and us