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UNFCCC

see United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

The international legal framework adopted in June 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit to address climate change. It commits the Parties to the UNFCCC to stabilize human induced greenhouse gas emissions at levels that would prevent dangerous manmade interference with the climate system.