On the last day of November of 2015, the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 21) will take place in Paris, France.
The UNFCCC COP 21 is the most important United Nations Climate Change Conference in history, which is saying something, because there have already been 20. This seemingly random string of letters is of the utmost importance to the future of this planet and the livelihood of its people.
The goal of these conferences is to set a legally binding and universal reduction on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the global temperature increase to two degrees celsius above pre-industrial-age levels.