Conference of Parties (COP 21)

Pre-meetings are taking place around the world as to prepare for the annual Conference of Parties (COP 21) which takes place in Paris, France during December. The COP meetings have been taking place since the Rio Earth Summit took place in 1992, which saw the adoption of the United Nations' Framework on Climate Change. The UNFCCC which came into force on the 21dt of March 1994, now has a near universal membership of 195 parties. This years meeting - known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference - is expected to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change that will aim to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. To help us look at the preparations more closely we have Patrick Dowling, Education Head at the Wildlife and Environment in South Africa, Melissa Fourie, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Rights, and Dominique Doyle An Energy Policy Officer for Earthlife Africa: