A U.S.-Centric Chronology of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [electronic resource].

Corporate Author:: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (26 pages), digital, PDF file

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Discusses international policy negotiations to address climate change, and presents U.S.-centric chronology of developments. Covers lead up to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, the Bali Action Plan of 2007, the Copenhagen conference in 2009, the Cancun Agreements of 2010, the Conference of the Parties 17 in Durban, South Africa in 2011, Conference of the Parties 18, and the Doha, Qatar Climate Gateway in 2012. Identifies selected external events and major multilateral meetings that have influenced current legal and institutional arrangements, as well as contentious issues for further cooperation.

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