UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

    ESG & Governance

    The 1992 UN treaty that sets the overall framework for international climate negotiations.

    The UNFCCC was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. It set the goal of preventing dangerous human interference with the climate and established the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. The Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement are agreements made under it, and its parties meet every year at the COP. It is the root of the national climate targets that shape Indian climate policy.

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