Proper noun
UNFCCC
(law, climate change) Initialism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
459 pp. This EPA estimate is based on methodologies agreed to by the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC, with 100-year global warming potentials from the IPCC Second Assessment Report used in estimating GHG emissions as carbon dioxide equivalents. Source: Internet
2002 Russia and Canada ratify the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC bringing the treaty into effect on 16 February 2005. Source: Internet
1995 Parties to the UNFCCC meet in Berlin (the 1st Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC) to outline specific targets on emissions. Source: Internet
According to the UNFCCC, these targets are relative to pre-industrial temperatures. Source: Internet
According to the UN Climate Change website, the UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty adopted on 9 May 1992 and opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. Source: Internet
First assessment report main The IPCC first assessment report was completed in 1990, and served as the basis of the UNFCCC. Source: Internet