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Pre-COP22 ministerial meeting kicks off in Morocco

Xinhua, October 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Pre-Conference of Parties (COP) ministerial meeting kicked off in Marrakech on Tuesday.

The meeting intends to finalize preparations for the 22nd COP (COP22), scheduled from Nov. 7 to 18, within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The two-day meeting is chaired by COP22 and COP21 presidents, Morocco's Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, and French Environment Minister Segolene Royal respectively.

The event will include UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and around 400 participants, as well as ministers from 80 countries.

In addition to discussing preparations for COP22, the two-day meeting will discuss the Conference of Parties to the Paris Agreement, regulations and implementation of the Agreement, as well as topics pertaining to the Pre-2020 Agenda.

The Paris agreement needs ratification from 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of the planet's greenhouse emissions responsible for climate change.

Furthermore, all countries are required to prepare a plan to reach the goal of keeping temperature rise within two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Endit