COnference of the Parties (COP)
Peace Boat US and COP
Since 2015, Peace Boat US has participated in every COP meeting as a key part of our work to address climate change. Our engagement at COP meetings include:
- Advocating for sustainable and clean energy
- Promoting the ground-breaking Ecoship, a project of our Japan-based partner Peace Boat
- Youth engagement
- Supporting partner organizations in participating at COP
What is COP?
The United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP, is the annual conference for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. COP meetings bring together thousands of members of government, civil society, buisiness leaders, innovators, academics and others to work on climate change mitigation and sustainable energy.
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Upcoming: COP30
November 10-21, 2025, Belém, Brazil
Peace Boat US will be hosting and participating in a number of events. Details will be announced closer to the event.
Read more about our programs at past COP conferences
- COP29 – 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan (report coming soon)
- COP28 – 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- COP27 – 2022, Sharm El Sheik, Egypt
- COP26 – 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- COP25 – 2019, Madrid, Spain
- COP24 – 2018, Katowice, Poland
- COP23 – 2017, Bonn, Germany
- COP22 – 2016, Marrakesh, Morocco
- COP21 – 2015, Paris, France
COP28 Report
COP Updates
Peace Boat Participates in the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP26 for Climate Action – Nov 1-12
In solidarity with those on the front line of the climate crisis, Peace Boat will participate in COP26, the upcoming annual United Nations Climate Change conference to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from November 1-12, 2021. COP26 will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).“Thousands of...
Creating partnerships for Oceans and Climate Action at the Blue COP 25 in Madrid
In December 2019, Peace Boat participated in the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the fifth consecutive year. More than 25,000 people from 200 countries attended the conference, designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate change process. The Madrid meeting was the last gathering of the COP group before 2020, when the...
Peace Boat Attends COP25 in Madrid, Spain
Sailing towards a Sustainable Future through Climate Action and Education for the SDGs (Read COP25 report here) For the fifth consecutive year, Peace Boat and the Ecoship will take part in the annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Madrid, Spain from December 2-13, 2019. Thousands of organizations and individuals are set...
Peace Boat and the Ecoship at COP23 in Bonn, Germany
For the third consecutive year, Peace Boat and the Ecoship will take part in the annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The 23rd Session (COP23) will take place in Bonn, Germany, from 6-17 November 2017, under the presidency of Fiji. This is the first time for a COP to take place under the presidency of a small island state and...
Peace Boat Announces the Unprecedented “Ecoship” at COP21
Taking one step further toward setting an enormously important global precedent, Peace Boat recently unveiled its plans to create the world’s “greenest” cruise ship, a project that may herald technological innovations to the shipping world while setting new environmental standards. Called the Ecoship, Peace Boat plans to take its inaugural voyage in 2020 with this groundbreaking, originally...
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