Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change

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The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change was the UN body responsible for drafting and negotiating the original global climate change treaty that became the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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instanceOf United Nations negotiating body
intergovernmental committee
activePeriodEnd 1992
activePeriodStart 1991
alsoKnownAs Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change
surface form: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC)
concludedAt United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
concludedInCity Rio de Janeiro
concludedInYear 1992
countryScope worldwide
dateFormed 1991
dissolved 1992
establishedBy United Nations General Assembly
fieldOfWork global environmental governance
international climate policy
frameworkConventionType United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
surface form: framework convention on climate change
historicalSignificance drafted the original global climate change treaty
laid the institutional foundation for the UNFCCC regime
hostOrganization United Nations General Assembly
jurisdiction United Nations system
languageOfWork United Nations official languages
legalOutcome United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
mandatedBy United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212
memberType UN member states
negotiatedInstrument United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
negotiationFormat intergovernmental negotiations
multilateral negotiations
negotiationParticipants observers from intergovernmental organizations
observers from non-governmental organizations
representatives of UN member states
negotiationRounds multiple sessions between 1991 and 1992
parentOrganization United Nations
purpose to draft the text of a global climate change treaty
to negotiate a framework convention on climate change
relatedTo Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
surface form: Rio Earth Summit

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
resultedIn United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
shortName Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
surface form: INC for a Framework Convention on Climate Change

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
surface form: INC/FCCC
subjectArea climate change
international environmental law
multilateral environmental agreements
successorBody Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
topic commitments of developed and developing countries on climate change
financial resources and technology transfer for climate action
reporting and review of climate policies
stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiatedAt Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change shortName Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: INC for a Framework Convention on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change shortName Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: INC/FCCC
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change alsoKnownAs Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change
this entity surface form: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC)