United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
UNFCCC was an outcome of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992). The objective of the convention is “to achieve, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”.
Conference of Parties: Article 7.2 of the convention defines the COP as the “supreme body” of the Convention, as it is its highest decision-making authority. The climate change process revolves around the annual sessions of the COP.