December the 2nd 2019 was the last day of the Polish Presidency of COP24. Michał Kurtyka, President of COP24 who is now the new and first ever Minister of Climate in Poland as well handed the Presidency over to Chile in Madrid and congratulated Ms Carolina Schmidt on becoming President of COP25. He underlined that adopting Katowice Rulebook a year ago went beyond the expectations of all and made him personally proud that a manual for efficient implementation of the Paris Agreement was possible to be achieved. It was the common success of all the countries present in Katowice.