COP Webpages Emit up to 10 Times More Carbon Than Average Sites

Views of webpages used for the Conference of the Parties (COP) sites—referring to the annual United Nations climate change summit—emit up to 10-fold more carbon emissions than average site views.

Leaders from around the world—with the notable exception of the U.S.—are on their way to Belém, Brazil, for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, which takes place from November 10 to 21. COP is the main decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)