UNFCC Flashcards
(9 cards)
When was it founded
1992
what is it for?
mechanism for developing global environmental policy
where was it established?
Earth summit in Rio
membership
over 190 states and organisations
what must parties in the treaty do?
- make national inventories of co2 sources and absorbers
- freeze co2 emissions at 1990 levels from 2000 onwards
what was expected of developed states?
to accept higher reductions in their emissions
is their policy legally binding
no
successes
- takes into account different levels of industrialisation
- developed countries reduced their emissions by 13% between 1990-2018
weaknesses
- it is a convention: targets aren’t legally binding
- Chinas emissions have increased since the convention was signed