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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following indicates the objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
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Download Solution PDFThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.
- The ultimate objective is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."
- They are the source of most past and current greenhouse gas emissions, industrialized countries are expected to do the most to cut emissions on home ground.
- It includes 12 countries with "economies in transition" from Central and Eastern Europe.
- It provides a framework for negotiating specific international treaties (called "protocols") that may set binding limits on greenhouse gases
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