COP 28

Updated Sunday 10 December 2023.

This page is the main repository of information for RINGOS for COP28.  Please check this page regularly as more details will be added here as they become available.  

Last minute updates (ie meeting location change or new meeting added and occurring in the next few hours) will be posted as a new blog entry.  To subscribe to the blog entries so that you will receive an email with the new post, please see the information on the right hand panel.   Note – edits to this page will not generate an email – so please plan on checking this regularly.  

As you are preparing to attend COP28, we encourage you to take advantage of the pre-COP webinars that RINGO prepared in conjunction with Second Nature and UC3. 

Key Information for RINGOs

RINGO Constituency Coordination Meetings

Ringo will meet each morning at 0900 in Building 83, Side Event Room 5, Zone B6.

RINGO will meet each morning at 0900 in Building 83, Side Event Room 5, Zone B6. These daily meetings are intended to provide a platform of discussion about the ongoing negotiations, as well as facilitate networking and provide the opportunity to share research results.  Constituency meetings are not posted on the daily schedule after the first day, but the date, time, and location remain the same unless otherwise indicated.

During daily coordination meetings, RINGO features daily updates on the negotiations as well as an opportunity for community building.  We invite guest experts to provide more detail on negation topics.  Our COP 28 schedule is (subject to change):

  • Thursday 30 November – Welcome to Week 1 and Introduction
  • Friday 1 December – Loss and Damage
  • Saturday 2 December – Global Health Thematic Group
  • Sunday 3 December – Transparency Overview
  • Monday 4 December – TEC and the activity group A.3.1 (Earth Observations, Early Warning Systems): Supporting the Early Warnings for All Initiative
  • Tuesday 5 December – Agriculture/AFOLU Thematic Group
  • Wednesday 6 December – Global Stocktake Update
  • Thursday 7 December – No Meeting, rest day
  • Friday 8 December – Welcome to week 2 and orientation
  • Saturday 9 December – Ocean Thematic Group
  • Sunday 10 December – Article 6 Update
  • Monday 11 December – Technology Mechanism Thematic Group
  • Tuesday 12 December – Last meeting and Negotiation Update

Registration (Getting your badge)

Registration desk opening hours

  • Registration desk open hours:
    • Friday, 24 November to Tuesday, 28 November: 08:00 – 18:00 hrs
    • Wednesday, 29 November: 08:00 – 21:00 hrs
    • Thursday, 30 November: 06:30 – 21:00 hrs
    • Friday, 1 December: 06:30 – 19:00 hrs
    • Saturday, 2 December to Wednesday, 6 December: 08:00 – 19:00 hrs
    • Thursday, 7 December: The conference premises, including registration, are closed.
    • Friday, 8 December: 06:30 – 19:00 hrs
    • Saturday, 9 December to Tuesday, 12 December: 08:00 – 19:00 hrs

Virtual Platform

Guidance for access to the virtual platform can be found here. You do need to have badge from an accredited observer organization to attend virtually.

Frequently asked questions for Virtual Only Registration can be found here.

Briefings with observer organizations:

  • Joint SBI and SBSTA Chairs dialogue with observer organizations:
    • Sunday, 3 December, 14:00-15:00
    • Meeting room 9
    • Chair:  BINGO
  • ES meeting with observers (updated on 8 Dec)
    • Saturday 9 December, 11 – 12:30
    • location: MR 1 (overflow in MR 11)
    • Chair: Farmers
  • COP President townhall with observers: tbc
    • Tuesday, December 5, 18:00-19:00
    • location: Meeting Room 7
    • Chair: IPO
  • High Level Champions meeting with Constituency Focal Points:
  • Sunday, 10 December, 12:45 – 13:30
  • Staff meeting room 1, in B2/Building 11.

Tickets for negotiation meetings or limited access meetings

10 December – Majli Access – There are no tickets for the Majlis sessions being held today, 10 December at 1500, in the Al Waha Theater. Each constituency was allowed two attendees and your focal points, Beth Martin and Tracy Bach will be attending for RINGO.  The Majlis will be streamed on the platform and into overflow room MR 6.

9 December update – No tickets are required to access negotiation sessions.

Out of date on 9 December……Please see COP 28 ticket blog post for ticketing information.

Meeting notes from constituency members

It is impossible to be everywhere at COP or to even be there at all!  To support one another, RINGO members are often willing to share notes from meetings they attend.  Please email notes that you are able to contribute to notes@ringofocalpoint.org. Meeting notes will be posted on the notes page as they become available.

Side Events and Exhibits

Note: Because of the large number of side events and exhibits organized by our members, we are unable to promote individual side events on this page.  Please see the UNFCCC side events webpage for a schedule of side events and the UNFCCC exhibits page for a list of exhibits.

Side Events Webcast Page: Side Events will be broadcast live at the time and date indicated (CET), and are available to view on demand for a limited time after the event.