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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty, that was signed on 9 May 1993 and entered into force on 21 March 1994. It wants to slow the speed at which the climate of the earth changes. It also wants to avert the risk of a climate change that is harmful to mankind. 154 countries signed the treaty in 1992 in New York. Today, 197 countries are member of the treaty. These countries meet once a year to agree on politics against global warming.

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  • Panorama- UNFCCC 'Family' photo shoot- We Will Move Ahead COP22 (31074469326)

    A "family photo" organized by Greenpeace, at the entrance to the United Nations, with a banner reading "We Will Move Ahead"

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    Projected global warming in 2100 for a range of emission scenarios

  • 2014-06-12 Altes Abgeordnetenhochhaus, Bonn IMG 5597

    Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, UN Campus, Bonn, seat of the secretariat

  • graph showing five prediction curves, all starting at the same point in the year 2000, then rising to different maximum levels in different years, and finally falling to very different levels in 2100

    Climate change mitigation scenarios: projected global greenhouse gas emissions, years 2000 to 2100

  • graph showing five prediction curves, all starting at the same point in the year 2000, then rising at different rates – the two highest curves continue to rise while the lowest three curves peak at different levels in different years and fall to different final levels in 2100

    Climate change mitigation scenarios: projected changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, years 2000 to 2100

  • graph showing five prediction curves, all starting at the same point in the year 2000, then rising at different rates – the three highest curves continue to rise while the lowest two curves peak at different levels in different years and fall to different final levels in 2100

    Climate change mitigation scenarios: projected global mean temperature, years 2000 to 2100

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