2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference The 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference ("COP23") was an international meeting of political leaders, non-state actors and activists to discuss environmental issues. It was held at UN Campus in Bonn (Germany) from 6–17 November 2017. The conference incorporated the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the thirteenth meeting of the parties for the Kyoto Protocol (CMP13), and the second meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement (CMA2). The purpose of the conference was to discuss and implement plans about combating climate change, including
Climate change in the United States same time, Trump administration shut down the United States Environmental Protection Agency's climate change web pages, because President Trump claims that climate change is not real. According to United Nations, Paris Agreement is a global agreement that response to the climate change issue and impacts. Countries are trying to control the greenhouse gases emission and keep the global temperature rise below 2 degree Celsius. Dropping out the agreement is actually impact the economics of United States instead of boosting it. For example, President Trump states dropping out the agreement can create more job opportunities to the United States people, like