United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Timeline

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the associated Kyoto Protocol have emergerd from a long period of concern about global warming.

Timeline of Major UNFCCC Events

• The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the third Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP 3) in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997.

• The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on 16 February 2005.

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