News and insights

• 1 December 2025

This year’s conference, which was framed as the ‘Implementation COP’, focused on how to accelerate action to keep 1.5°C within reach.

• 19 December 2023

As part of its support of COP events and the Paris Agreement, and in line with the Ipieca Principles, Ipieca raises awareness of COP outcomes, shares on the ground learnings and insights, and produces practical guidance and tools to support the industry contribute to achieving COP objectives.

• 30 November 2023

Find out about Ipieca’s on-site activities and support for COP28.

• 15 November 2021

A look at what was achieved during the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow.

• 1 November 2022

Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan shares insights from the pre-COP27 technical workshops on the role of the industry in making Sharm el-Sheikh a success.

• 21 December 2018

Outcomes from COP24.

• 4 March 2025

Key outcomes agreed at follow up to COP16 held in Colombia last year.

• 7 December 2022

Ipieca's role is to listen to the negotiations, engage with stakeholders and feedback the outcomes to our members. When finalised, Ipieca will integrate the Global Biodiversity Framework into its workstreams.

• 5 December 2022

Ipieca is committed to the development and implementation of industry good practice for the mitigation of biodiversity impacts and its contribution to reversing biodiversity loss.

• 27 November 2024

COP29 delivered a new finance goal, finalised Article 6 on carbon trading and provided support for national climate adaption plans.

• 15 November 2024

COP16 delivered the Cali Fund, strengthened the role of Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity efforts and made progress on the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) target 6 on invasive alien species.

• 7 November 2024

At COP29, Ipieca will host events and take part in other organizations’ events to support the topics under discussion and promote cross-sector collaboration and solutions. 

• 11 January 2024

Ipieca Climate Director Lorena Perez Bajo’s on the ground insights from COP28 and what the UAE Consensus means for Ipieca.

• 13 September 2023

COP28 is being labelled the stocktake COP. Ipieca Senior Climate Change Manager Lorena Perez Bajo explains what the Global Stocktake is, why it’s important and Ipieca’s role in it.

• 12 April 2023

Find out how Ipieca is supporting the industry to contribute to the Sharm el Sheikh implementation plan.

• 18 November 2022

As a non-lobby organization with UNFCCC observer status, an Ipieca delegation has been present at COP27 to listen to the negotiations.

• 7 November 2022

Ipieca will hold an official side event, monitor negotiations and incorporate outcomes into our workstreams.

• 31 October 2021

Ipieca is at COP26 in Glasgow to monitor the negotiations, hold our own event on net-zero operations, as well as participate in events and meetings held by governments and other organizations.

• 13 December 2019

As negotiations continue under the mandate of the presidency of Chile in Madrid, more delegations, observers and parties' representatives are coming to the end of their discussions at COP 25.

• 3 December 2019

Yesterday, the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opened in Madrid.

• 6 December 2022

Ipieca-IOGP BESWG Chair Steven Dickinson (TotalEnergies) discusses the importance of landing an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 and the role of Ipieca and the industry in supporting its aims.

• 2 December 2023

Ipieca looks forward to supporting the aims of the OGDC to achieve near-zero upstream methane emissions by 2030 and to limit routine flaring to zero by 2030.

• 29 November 2023

As COP28 UAE approaches, Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan explains Ipieca’s role in COP events.

• 3 December 2018

Transforming transport - is electrification the only answer? - Ipieca side event at COP24

• 6 November 2017

Today marks the start of the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23)

• 5 June 2026

To mark World Environment Day, we are sharing a selection of Ipieca guidance that can support oil, gas and alternative energy companies contribute to its aims.

• 27 May 2026

Leaders from business, finance and the conservation community gathered in Cambridge, the UK, for the Nature Action Dialogues, co-hosted by UNEP-WCMC, Proteus Partners and Jesus College Cambridge. This year's theme was 'Countdown to 2030: aligning ambition, scaling integrated action’.

• 22 May 2026

Aligned with this year’s three campaign pillars of: look and learn; connect and act; and share, Ipieca is sharing good practice guidance to enable energy companies to act on biodiversity and examples of positive change to inspire industry action.

• 22 April 2026

This year’s theme ‘Our power, our planet’ reflects on the importance of collaborative action to achieve harmony with nature.

• 27 March 2026

Ipieca supported and took part in the forum, which highlighted sector-specific solutions to accelerate biodiversity mainstreaming, inform COP17 outcomes and strengthen regional reporting and implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

• 17 December 2025

The UN Environment Assembly delivered a new strategy which prioritises the interconnection of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, and adopted 11 resolutions covering issues including climate resilience, minerals and metals, and chemicals and waste.

• 25 September 2025

Find out how Ipieca works with the IMO to support sustainable shipping.