The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established at the United Nations Convention on Environment and Development with the purpose of uniting countries within the UN to combat climate change via reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Through the UNFCCC there have been two agreements signed by nations in the UN to formally declare emission reduction goals. These are the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Paris Agreement (2015).

The Paris Agreement targets limiting global warming to below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels, with all countries obliged to participate via their nationally determined contributions.

The Kyoto Protocol established mandatory emissions reduction objectives for developed countries exclusively, based on 1990 levels.

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