UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP26)

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UNFCCC was originally scheduled to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK.

The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The UK is committed to working with all countries and joining forces with civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate change to inspire climate action ahead of COP26.

COP26 will be a carbon-neutral conference, with sustainability at its core, that will leave a positive legacy. We will meet the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sustainability requirements for the delivery of COP26.

We are already on the road to COP26 and there are several important events along the way where we are working hard to deliver on the goals of the UK COP Presidency.

Glasgow will be the culmination of tireless work by the UK Presidency over the course of 2020 and 2021, which will continue until we hand over the Presidency at COP27 at the end of 2022 to an African nation.

View the full timeline of events on the road to COP26.

Read COP26 explained.