Building climate resilient fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission Thirty-fifth session (APFIC)

Building climate resilient fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission Thirty-fifth session (APFIC)

Cebu, the Philippines, 11-13 May 2018

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 8

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) On 12 December 2015 in Paris, the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded negotiations on a landmark agreement (the Paris Agreement1) to limit global average temperatures to below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Agreement will enter into force when it is ratified by at least 55 Parties that in aggregate account for at least 55 percent of total global emissions. The commitment period will commence in 2020 following the close of the extension period for the Kyoto Protocol and last at least until 2030.

Statutory body / Meeting title Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)

Meeting symbol APFIC/18/07

Meeting Session Number 35

Meeting date 11-13 May 2018

Meeting location Cebu, The Philippines

Language English

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