CONFERENCE OF PARTIES
Topic
Topic 1: Evaluating global decarbonization efforts
Topic 2: Re-evaluating compensation schemes for climate-damaged countries
Committee Introduction
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international agreement ratified in 1992, serves as laying the foundation for the Conference of the Parties (COP), establishing a framework for international collaboration aimed at confronting climate change entails the stabilization of greenhouse-emission concentrations inside the environment at a threshold that precludes perilous anthropogenic intervention with the climate system. Predominantly, the COP undertakes the indispensable function of the decision-making entity within the UNFCCC, which assembles on an annual footing to evaluate progression, scrutinize national endeavors, and partake in fresh negotiations about capriciously impactful alteration of the climate system on an international and regional scale.
The COP's authority encompasses numerous critically important UNFCCC functions, including the meticulous review of national reports submitted by member states detailing insight into each Party's progress in alleviating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change impacts yearly. Furthermore, the COP serves as a pivotal platform for negotiating and adopting international agreements aimed at addressing climate change. At IVMUN 2024, COP is allocated to corroborate two pressing issues: global decarbonization efforts and compensation schemes for climate-damaged countries. These problems are tremendously intricate, with circumstances differing substantially from country to country; hence, delegates to the COP must ponder an array of discrepant aspects so as to draft a profound resolution to lucidly evaluate these thorny issues.
