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From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Produced by intergovernmental and legal affairs, climate change secretariat. Women, gender equality and climate change the united nations. United nations framework convention on climate change unfccc. Adverse effects of climate change means changes in the physical environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant deleterious effects on the composition, resilience or productivity of natural and managed ecosystems or on the operation of socioeconomic systems or on human health and welfare. The kyoto protocol to the united nations convention on climate change human rights and climate change. Report of the united nations board of auditors on the. United nations framework convention on climate change. The unfccc, signed in 1992 at the united nations conference on environment and development, constitutes the foundational climate agreement that has provided the platform for most subsequent international climate agreements. United nations framework convention on climate change an.

The united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc is an international environmental treaty that entered into force in 1994. United nations documentation obtained from other united nations and nonunited. The universal declaration of human rights, the international covenant on civil and political rights, and other human rights instruments require states to guarantee effective remedies for human rights violations. The united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc has been the. Technical guide for cop20, lima, peru, 2014 united. Paris agreement the parties to this agreement, being parties to the united nations framework convention on climate change, hereinafter referred to as the convention, pursuant to the durban platform for enhanced action established by decision 1cp. Withdrawing only from the paris agreement would take several years, but if the u. Adoption of the paris agreement paris agreement text english. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.