The Climate Change ConundrumThe UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the UN headquarters (UNHQ) on May 9, 1992.It opened for signature at Rio de Janeiro during June 4-14, 1992, and thereafter at the UNHQ on June 20, 1992.Hence, on June 4, 2022, UNFCCC attained the age of 30 years.It coincided with the Stockholm+50 Conference (June 2-3, 2022).With 197 Parties, the UNFCCC has been designed as a 'framework convention'.It became one of the first global instruments that designated climate change as a common concern of humankind.With subsequent two instruments, 1997 Kyoto Protocol and 2015 Paris agreement, the climate change regime now comprises three legal instruments that seek to address the global climate problematique.
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