UN Climate Change Conference kicks off in Warsaw Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, President of COP18/CMP8, attends the opening ceremony of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov.11, 2013. The annual UN global climate talks started here Monday amid hopes that progress will be made toward the signing of a new climate deal by 2015, however no major breakthrough was expected. Xinhua/Zhang Fan UN climate talks kick off in Warsaw amid hopes for new global deal WARSAW, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The annual UN global climate talks started here Monday amid hopes progress will be made toward the signing of a new climate deal by 2015, however no major breakthrough is expected. Thousands of representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered in the national stadium for the two-week negotiations, formally known as the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP19.