UN Climate Change News: Information for participants (A-Z)

The twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25), the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 15), and the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 2) will be held at IFEMA – Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019.

The conference will take place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and will be held with logistical support from the Government of Spain. The President-Designate for the conference is H.E. Ms. Carolina Schmidt, Minister of Environment of Chile.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat is working with the Government of Chile and the Government of Spain to make the necessary arrangements for the conference.

Please also see the notifications page, including the Message to Parties and Observer Organizations dated 7 November 2019, regarding updates.

Additional information will be posted here as it becomes available – please check back regularly.

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Accommodation

The Government of the Kingdom of Spain has appointed Bco Congresos as the Official Housing Bureau for the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in IFEMA-Madrid from 2 to 13 December 2019.

The Government further informed that as local experts, Bco Congresos has contracted well-located business standard hotels with the best rates available to accommodate participants in selecting establishments with availability over the entire conference dates.

Bco Congresos will block a large contingency of rooms in multiple categories until 15 November 2019 and will manage incoming requests on a first-come, first- served basis. After the above-mentioned deadline, all requests will be handled upon availability.

Participants requiring hotel reservations for up to 4 rooms should please visit the following link: https://accommodation.bcocongresos.com/hotels/congress/cop25

Participants who will require more than 4 rooms or have special queries regarding hotel reservations, should contact Bco Congresos using the following email: cop25madrid@bcocongresos.com

The secretariat encourages participants who will require assistance in booking their hotels to contact Bco Congresos as soon as possible.

Refunds for Santiago

Notifications on providing information regarding difficulties in procuring refunds for accommodation booked in Santiago were sent to the national focal points of Parties and observer States and to admitted observer designated contact points.