UNFCCC - Striving to stay ahead of climate change
The UNFCCC, often called the Climate Convention, was formed to implement actions for limiting climate change due to temperature rise – one of the greatest threats to humanity.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, is one of the most well-known UN conventions. It was signed at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1994 and entered into force in the same year. The Climate Convention includes the Paris agreement, stating that all countries will strive to keep global heating below two degrees, and take actions for limiting the temperature rise to 1.5 °C.
During the 1900s the use of coal, oil, and fossil gas has increased continuously, causing high levels of carbon emissions. International collaboration and rapid, deep, and sustained reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions is the only way forward in order to fulfil the goals of the Paris Agreement and stabilise the emissions on a level that prevents dangerous disturbance to the climate system.
Every country is affected by, and contributes to, emissions – but the consequences for different areas of the world are diverse depending on numerous factors. Moreover, the responsibility for climate change varies between countries.
Contact and more information
Would you like to know more about the Climate Convention? Send an email to Annika Christell at the Swedish EPA, annika.christell@naturvardsverket.se