President Parmelin, Federal Councillor Sommaruga and Federal Councillor Maurer at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26
Bern, 25.10.2021 - President Guy Parmelin, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga and Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer will represent Switzerland at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will take place in Glasgow (UK) from 31 October to 12 November 2021. The aim of the conference is to adopt robust rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. The attendees will also discuss how countries can step up their efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions so that global climate warming can be limited to a maximum increase of 1.5 degrees. The financing of climate protection projects in developing countries for the period after 2025 is a further topic on the agenda.