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WEBClimate change • Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Credit: UNFCCC.
The Paris Agreement | UNFCCC
WEBImplementation of the Paris Agreement requires economic and social transformation, based on the best available science.The Paris Agreement works on a five-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action -- or, ratcheting up -- carried out by countries.Since 2020, countries have been submitting their national climate action plans, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
UN Climate Change Conference - United Arab Emirates - UNFCCC
WEBThe COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, was the biggest of its kind. Some 85,000 participants, including more than 150 Heads of State and Government, were among the representatives of national delegations, civil society, business, Indigenous Peoples, youth, philanthropy, and international organizations in attendance at the Conference from 30 November to 13 ...
What is the Kyoto Protocol? - UNFCCC
WEBDec 8, 2012 · The Kyoto Protocol, like the Convention, is also designed to assist countries in adapting to the adverse effects of climate change. It facilitates the development and deployment of technologies that can help increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. The Adaptation Fund was established to finance adaptation projects and programmes in ...
Key aspects of the Paris Agreement - UNFCCC
WEBSome of the key aspects of the Agreement are set out below: Long-term temperature goal (Art. 2) – The Paris Agreement, in seeking to strengthen the global response to climate change, reaffirms the goal of limiting global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius, while pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees. Global ...
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …
WEBThe UNFCCC is a “Rio Convention”, one of two opened for signature at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. Its sister Rio Conventions are the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification. The three are intrinsically linked. It is in this context that the Joint Liaison Group was set up to boost cooperation ...
Food loss and waste account for 8-10% of annual global
WEB6 days ago · UN Climate Change News, 30 September 2024 – In 2022, a staggering 1.05 billion tons of food were wasted, while 783 million people went hungry and a third of the global population faced food insecurity. This year's International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste emphasized the critical role that reducing food waste can play in tackling climate change, achieving the Sustainable ...
New UN Climate Change Report: Climate policies and actions
WEB2 days ago · UN Climate Change News, 04 October 2024 – A new report from the UN Climate Change secretariat reveals that 85 percent of Parties referenced gender in their latest reports and communications submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including in their national climate plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), their National Adaptation ...
COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the
WEBUN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance. In a demonstration of global solidarity, negotiators from nearly 200 Parties ...
The Glasgow Climate Pact – Key Outcomes from COP26 - UNFCCC
WEBThe Glasgow Climate Pact – Key Outcomes from COP26. Nations adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact, aiming to turn the 2020s into a decade of climate action and support. The package of decisions consists of a range of agreed items, including strengthened efforts to build resilience to climate change, to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to provide ...