United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a global environmental treaty that provides the foundational legal framework for international cooperation to address climate change and its impacts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty
framework convention
international environmental treaty
administeredBy UNFCCC Secretariat
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedOn 1992-05-09
annex Annex I Parties
Annex II Parties
Non-Annex I Parties
articleCount 26
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations
enteredIntoForceOn 1994-03-21
establishesBody Conference of the Parties
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
surface form: Subsidiary Body for Implementation

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
focusesOn capacity building
climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
climate finance
greenhouse gas emissions
technology transfer
headquartersCountry Germany
headquartersLocation Bonn
keyPrinciple common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities
equity
precautionary principle
right to sustainable development
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatus binding framework convention
negotiatedAt Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change
objective stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
openedForSignatureAt Rio de Janeiro
openedForSignatureDuring United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
surface form: Earth Summit 1992

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
openedForSignatureOn 1992-06-04
parentOrganization United Nations
placeOfAdoption New York City
providesFrameworkFor global climate governance
international climate negotiations
regionServed worldwide
relatedInstrument Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement
requires national communications
national greenhouse gas inventories
reporting by Parties
secretariatLocation Bonn
shortName United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
surface form: UN climate convention

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change self-linksurface differs
surface form: UNFCCC
subjectMatter atmospheric greenhouse gases
climate change
global warming

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