This year the annual Climate Conference, COP24, was organized in Katowice, the heart of the Polish mining industry.  
At the conference, Governments have adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The implementation of the agreement will benefit people from all walks of life, especially the most vulnerable. The agreed ‘Katowice Climate Package’ is designed to operationalize the climate change regime contained in the Paris Agreement.
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma was the deputy head of the delegation of Burkina Faso. Next to many formal and informal meetings she participated in the following formal sessions and roundtables.

H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma was speaker at the COP24 Energy Action Event at 8 December 2018 in Katowice. Click here for the Webcast (from 13:30), the Concept Note or the Program.





H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma participated and spoke during the High-level meeting of Caring for Climate organised by UN Global Compact. For the official report click here
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma participated at the Cross-cutting roundtable: Land Use, Water and Energy, part of the Marrakesh Partnership at COPP24. Click here for the Webcast (from min 22:10), the Concept Note or the Program
H.R.H. Princess Abze was a speaker at the High Level Event – Raising ambition and changing lives: climate change, technology and gender at COP24. Click here for the program


H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma attended and participated in a number of ICLEI events. This is a picture of the reception hosted by the City of Katowice.

H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma participated in the Ministerial Talanoas High-Level round tables at COP24, part of the Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Change. For background information click here
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma participated in the Roundtable on Climate Action and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) at Cop24. Click here for the Webcast (from min 15:30), the Concept Note or the Program.
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma was a High-Level speaker at the World Climate Summit. Click here for the program and here for the video (from min 33:00)
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma was one of the speakers at the “Table-ronde sur l’accès à l’energie” in the organised by the Francophonie 
H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma was the key-note speaker at the High-Level Event: Stepping up Climate Education: ” accelerating the Implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development goals. For the Concept Note click here. For the outcome click here.