It is an international treaty adopted at the Rio Earth Summit (1992) to coordinate the global response to climate change.
- Headquarters: Bonn, Germany
- Objectives
- The primary role of UNFCCC is to provide a framework for negotiating specific international treaties, known as “protocols.”
- UNFCCC itself sets no binding limits but aims to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level preventing dangerous consequences.
- Funding: Under the Green Environment Fund (GEF)
- Major COPs and Outcomes
- COP 3 (1997): Kyoto Protocol
- COP 16 (2010): Established the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
- COP 21 (2015): Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Source: The Hindu