The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20) took place during the week of 7 December 2014 in Lima, Peru. 

Human rights advocates made breakthroughs in ensuring that the human rights dimensions of climate change are firmly on the agenda for future discussions.  But they expressed disappointment with the final agreement that emerged from the conference.

During the conference political leaders including US Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon and Peru’s President Ollanta Humala urged the private sector to play a bigger role in cutting carbon emissions.