Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.8 Climate and environmental treaties

4.8.2 UNFCCC: principles, CBDR and the COP process

The UNFCCC (1992) is the parent climate treaty: it sets the goal of preventing dangerous climate change, splits countries into groups under "common but differentiated responsibilities", and meets every year as the Conference of the Parties (COP).

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Key terms

  • UNFCCC
  • Article 2
  • CBDR-RC
  • equity
  • precautionary principle
  • Annex I
  • Annex II
  • non-Annex I
  • Conference of the Parties
  • COP
  • CMP
  • CMA
  • SBSTA
  • SBI
  • Bonn
  • BASIC
  • G77
  • AOSIS
  • Bali Action Plan
  • Copenhagen Accord
  • Durban Platform

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