United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) created because of the Rio Summit/ Earth Summit of 1992.
It is an international treaty for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Now nearly every country on Earth is a party to the UNFCCC with few major exception like USA, Canada.
*So what was Rio Summit/ Earth Summit -
It was a United nations summit, held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1992.
It led to creation of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The nations, who’ve signed UNFCCC convention, meet every year to discuss climate change strategy.
These meetings are called Conference of the Parties (COP)
Some notable COP :
COP 1 - held in Berlin ( Berlin Roadmap ).
COP 3 - held in Kyoto, Japan ( Kyoto Protocol ).
COP 7 - Marrakech, Morocco ( Marrakech accord ).
COP 8 - Delhi.
COP 13 - Bali, Indonesia ( Bali action plan ).
- Adopted REDD+
COP 17 - Durban, S.Africa in 2011.
COP 18 - Doha, Qatar in 2012.
- Extended Kyoto Protocol for phase 2.
COP 19 - Warsaw, Poland
- Warsaw international mechanism on loss and damage.
COP 21 - Paris
- Paris Agreement.
