Climate Change: UNFCC

Question 1

UNFCC, Art. 7

Answer 1

1. A Conference is hereby established
2. The Conference of the Parties, as the supreme body of this Convention, shall keep under regular review the implementation of the Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt, and shall make, within its mandate, the decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention

Question 2

UNFCC, Art. 2

Answer 2

The ultimate objective of this Convention and any
related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner

Question 3

UNFCC, Art. 3

Answer 3

The Parties should protect the climate system for thebenefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Accordingly, the developed country Parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof

Question 4

Kyoto protocol

Answer 4

In force in 2005
Developed countries: obligation to reduce greenhouse gases’ emissions to below pre-1990 levels within 2012
Developing countries: no reduction targets
No ratification was made by the US, Canada, China,…