 People to the Front COP stands for Conference of the Parties It's a decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC, which meets every year to discuss how to take on the climate crisis in a coordinated, multilateral way. The COP started in 1994 and almost universal with 197 states who are parties to the convention. One country gets one vote. This year COP 26 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland under the UK's presidency in partnership with Italy. This meeting is a big deal as the state representatives will review their goals to reduce emissions, the so-called nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, and develop a long-term plan to raise funds that will finance climate solutions in the most vulnerable nations in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.