The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more commonly known as COP28, was the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November to 13 December at Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Building on the COP27 Presidency launched the Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace (CRSP), the COP28 Presidency organized the first-ever thematic day on Relief, Recovery, and Peace (RRP) at any climate COP and launched the COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace. The CSM helped shape the Declaration alongside governments, international and regional organizations and financial institutions, philanthropic and private sector entities, and organizations from the climate, environment, development, humanitarian, and peace sectors.
Endorsed by more than 90 States and 40 organizations - including UNEP, DPPA, UNDP and DPO - the Declaration is a call for collective action to build climate resilience at the scale and speed required in highly vulnerable countries and communities, particularly those threatened or affected by fragility or conflict, or facing severe humanitarian needs. It calls for enhanced financial support for climate adaptation and resilience, better understanding and improvement of good practice and programming, and strengthened coordination and partnerships. It comes with an accompanying package of contributions, many of which include support to the CSM.
Read the Declaration and accompanying package.