OECD and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

In 1994, 192 countries ratified an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly known as "the Convention" -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming (mitigation) and how to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable (adaptation). More recently, a number of nations approved an addition to the treaty: the Kyoto Protocol, which has more ambitious (and legally binding) measures.

OECD actively participates in the annual UN conferences on climate change and has done so for many years.

OECD participation in more UNFCCC conferences:

2010:  COP16 Cancun

2009:  Copenhagen COP-15

2008, "COP14" held in Poznan, Poland

2007, "COP13" held in Bali, Indonesia.

2006, "COP12" held in Nairobi, Kenya.

For further information:

• OECD Policy Brief: Cost Effective Actions to Tackle Climate Change
• OECD web portal on climate change
• "OECD's Recent Work on Climate Change" (booklet).
• United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC); Kyoto Protocol.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  

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