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An international forum started here Thursday in preparation for a United Nations conference on climate change later this year in Morocco.
About 300 participants, including leaders, legislators, experts and representatives from the civil society were present at the two-day Global Forum of Alliances and Coalitions.
COP 22, or the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is scheduled to take place in November in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
The forum aims to establish the structure and the organization of a high-level event on climate action, planned for COP 22 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, in order to encourage innovative voluntary initiatives.
It will also provide an opportunity for coalitions to discuss the implementation and plans for the Marrakech event, and potential cooperation, organizers say.
Participants will discuss means to strengthen voluntary initiatives to accelerate the climate trajectory by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius from the original target of 2 degrees Celsius.
The UNFCCC entered into force in 1994, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The Conference of the Parties (COP) was designated as the supreme governing body of the convention. Enditem
