Climate Change Mitigation-Background
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, 1992 (Rio Earth Summit): 172 countries participated, 108 at level of heads of State or Government. |
Major Outcomes - Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the Statement of Forest Principles, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. |
1997 Kyoto Protocol: Annex I Parties commit to take binding reduction targets |
2002 UNFCCC, New Delhi, India: The Conference adopted the Delhi Ministerial Decleration that called for the efforts by the developede countries to transfer technology and minimize .... |