Can humanity stop climate change?

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change



The heads of 7 large countries acknowledged the necessity of World Convention on Global Climate Change ratification in purpose of greenhouse gas emission reduce on the annual meeting in the year 1989. UN General Assembly approved starting of discussions on Convention in the year 1990, which was ratified in New York on May, 9, 1992 and took effect in 1993.

The aim of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: “Stabilizing GHG concentrations in the atmosphere at the level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic (human-induced) interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adopt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development and to proceed in a sustainable manner”.

First of all Convention is based on the principle of fair share of concern burden, connected with climate change. Convention puts the lion’s share of the responsibility for battling climate change and the lion’s share of the bill on the developed countries. It notes that the largest share of historical and current emissions originates in developed countries.

Convention major principles:
  • obliging principle;
  • common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and social and economic conditions of countries;
  • Maintenance of sustainable development principle.
General obligations, which are equal for developed and developing countries as well:
  • development and acceptance of national programs on climate change consequences mitigation;
  • assistance for greenhouse gas rational use and safeness of "absorbers";
  • taking into consideration of problems, connected with climate change in guidance of the appropriate social-economic and ecological policy;
  • collaboration in the field of education and on science-technical problems;
  • assistance on scientific researches and information exchange.

27-04-2006



UN Framework Convention on Climate Change