UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)

UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON 

CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)- KEY POINTS

• The United Nations Conference on Environment and 

Development is also known by other names like the Earth 

Summit, the Rio Summit, or the Rio Conference.

• Two other outcomes of the Rio Conference were

 Convention on Biological Diversity and

 The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

• About UNFCCC:

 It is a multilateral treaty governing actions to combat 

climate change through adaptation and mitigation 

efforts directed at control of emission of GreenHouse 

Gases (GHGs) that cause global warming.

 It is considered the parent treaty of both the Kyoto 

Protocol (1997) and the Paris Agreement (2015).

 UNFCCC entered into force on 1994 and has been 

ratified by 197 countries.

 India ratified the UNFCCC in 1993.

 Nodal Agency in India: The Ministry of Environment, 

Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) acts as the 

nodal agency for UNFCCC in India.