The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972
Incorrect AnswerUN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992
Correct AnswerWorld Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002
Incorrect AnswerUN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, 2009
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992. The UNFCCC entered into force on 21 March 1994. Today, it has near-universal membership. The 198 countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. Preventing “dangerous” human interference with the climate system is the ultimate aim of the UNFCCC.
The UNFCCC is a “Rio Convention”, one of two opened for signature at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. Its sister Rio Conventions are the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification. The three are intrinsically linked. It is in this context that the Joint Liaison Group was set up to boost cooperation among the three Conventions, with the ultimate aim of developing synergies in their activities on issues of mutual concern.
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By: Kamal Kashyap