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What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …
WEBThe 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 ...
The Paris Agreement | UNFCCC
WEBImplementation of the Paris Agreement requires economic and social transformation, based on the best available science.The Paris Agreement works on a five-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action -- or, ratcheting up -- carried out by countries.Since 2020, countries have been submitting their national climate action plans, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the
WEBUN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance. In a demonstration of global solidarity, negotiators from nearly 200 Parties ...
History of the Convention - UNFCCC
WEBThe Paris Agreement seeks to accelerate and intensify the actions and investment needed for a sustainable low carbon future. Its central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 ...
UN Climate Change - Essential information - UNFCCC
WEBThe Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.Find more information about the Paris Agreement and how technology, finance and capacity-building engage the world to keep temperature below 1.5° Celsius.The original text is available in all 6 UN languages .
What is the Kyoto Protocol? - UNFCCC
WEBDec 8, 2012 · The Kyoto Protocol, like the Convention, is also designed to assist countries in adapting to the adverse effects of climate change. It facilitates the development and deployment of technologies that can help increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. The Adaptation Fund was established to finance adaptation projects and programmes in ...
Climate Plans Remain Insufficient: More Ambitious Action
WEBUN Climate Change News, 26 October 2022 – A new report from UN Climate Change shows countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. According to the report, the combined climate pledges of 193 Parties under the Paris Agreement ...
COP26 Reaches Consensus on Key Actions to Address Climate …
WEBNov 13, 2021 · COP26 Reaches Consensus on Key Actions to Address Climate Change. Adaptation, mitigation and finance are all strengthened in a complex and delicate balance supported by all Parties. After six years of strenuous negotiations, pending items that prevented the full implementation of the Paris Agreement on carbon markets and transparency have ...
COP26: Update to the NDC Synthesis Report - UNFCCC
WEBUN Climate Change News, 4 November 2021 – UN Climate Change today informed all Parties and observers of the latest key messages from the synthesis of climate action plans as communicated in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions ().It takes into account the latest 14 submissions or updates received since the publication of the update of the key findings on 25 October.