Why the name COP26?






 You may have heard on the BBC and other media for a few days that the COP26 conference is being held in Glasgow today and is being hosted by the UK with the participation of leaders from over 200 countries.


You may have guessed that this is a conference on climate change but you may have many questions about it and you can find the answer on this live page.

First find out why they call this the COP26 conference ...

COP: COP stands for Conference of the Parties.

The COP1 conference was held in 1995. The current conference is called COP26 because it is the 26th conference.

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