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.

Important Outcomes of UNFCCC CoP

Kyoto Protocol (CoP 3, 1997)

  • The Kyoto protocol is an international ....
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