Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Other)
'COP23 is the informal name for the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC was adopted in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, which marked the beginning of the international community’s first concerted effort to confront the problem of climate change. Known also as the Rio Convention, the UNFCCC established a framework for action to stabilise concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. The UNFCCC entered into force in 1994, and nearly all of the world’s nations—a total of 195—have now signed on.

Each year the parties to the agreement convene to assess progress in implementing the convention and, more broadly, dealing with climate change. The first Conference of the Parties was held in Berlin in 1995. In 1997, the participants established the Kyoto Protocol, which included legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2005 the Conferences have carried another name: CMP. This stands for Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, and so COP23 will also be known as CMP13.

At COP21, held in Paris in November-December 2015, the parties negotiated what is known as the Paris Agreement, which established specific actions and targets for reducing greenhouse gases emissions, mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change, and financing mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries. The agreement took effect nearly a year later. Signatory countries agreed to work to limit global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius and to make strong efforts to keep the rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement is especially significant because it is a legally binding agreement.

Fiji presided over COP23 in Bonn with the support of the government of Germany. COP23 took place in Bonn, Germany, from 6-17 November.'

Taken from https://cop23.com.fj/about-cop-23/about-cop23/ on 16/05/2018.

Event Date 16/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Other owners)
The object entered the Museum on 18 April 2018.
Event Date 16/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Labels & Markings)
The official label of the Fijian Made governmental initiative is on the back of the pendant.
Event Date 16/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Necklace made of hand fashioned brown clay beads. Designed by Vanua Clay Fiji. Made for COP23, the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Bonn, Germany 6-17 November 2017. The Cop23 logo on the necklace was designed by Maria Ronna Sekiguchi. Design of the wave reference by T. C. Winston (Feb 2016) with the two main Fijian Islands. The official label of the Fijian Made governmental initiative is on the back of the pendant.
Event Date 16/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden