This document is intended to provide public access to the Host Country Agreement (HCA) for the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), concluded between the UNFCCC’s Executive Secretary and the United Arab Emirates, the host country for COP28. It also highlights how the Host Country Agreement failed to protect human rights for participants, despite parties to the UNFCCC having stressed the importance of this earlier in the year.
