With 197 Parties, the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the
parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified
by 192 of the UNFCCC Parties.
The ultimate objective of both treaties is to
stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will
prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.
Stories on the Newsroom are written by UNFCCC
staff. The publisher of the website is Nick Nuttall, Spokesperson and
Coordinator Communications and Outreach.
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