Council conclusions on the Paris Agreement and preparations for the UNFCCC meetings in November 2017

Background and further information:

Ministers at the meeting of the Environment Council expressed full support to these conclusions and underlined the importance of making substantial progress on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the preparations for the Facilitative Dialogue 2018 and the implementation of nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) at national level.

Ministers also welcomed the Council conclusions adopted on 10 October on climate finance.

The UN Climate Change Conference was scheduled to be held from 6-17 November 2017 in Bonn.

The Council of the European Union adopted on 13 October 2017 a set of conclusions on the Paris Agreement and in preparation for the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).