UN climate conference in Berlin 1995

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UN Climate Change Conference 1995
place Berlin , GermanyGermanyGermany 
date March 28 - April 7, 1995
Attendees Members of the UNFCCC

The UN climate conference in Berlin took place from March 28 to April 7, 1995 in Berlin . It was the first world climate conference.

Results

Three years after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed by 154 countries and the European Union at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro , representatives from 160 countries came together in Berlin for the first conference of the parties to discuss reduction the greenhouse to discuss emissions. The aim of the conference was to agree on conditions to achieve the goals of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. It obligated the industrialized countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2000 to the level of 1990. However, the conference participants could not agree on binding agreements under international law.

However, the participants were able to agree on the Berlin mandate with the following agreements:

  • Launching a process to enable countries to make important arrangements for the post-2000 period with the aim of legally binding commitments from developed countries;
  • Admission that the Framework Convention on Climate Change was insufficient to mitigate climate change;
  • Opening of negotiations to agree on binding climate protection agreements.

The discussions during the conference revealed great differences between European countries and the United States . While Chancellor Helmut Kohl warned of the greenhouse effect and declared that “we must have agreed on a climate protection protocol by 1997”, Tim Wirth , United States Under Secretary of State at the US State Department and head of the American delegation, complained about the lack of approval from US Voters on climate protection. Wirth stated: “This issue is just not on the radar screen in the United States. It's a very frustrating position to be in. ”The United States, responsible for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, delayed the negotiations in Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Documents of the Conference of the Parties COP1 Berlin 1995 (COP1). unfccc.int, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  2. ^ Falling Short on Climate in Paris. nytimes.com, December 13, 2015, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Berlin, 1995. faz.net, July 18, 2001, accessed on February 1, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 1995 - The Berlin Mandate COP 1. (PDF) cyen.org, accessed on February 1, 2016 (English).
  5. ^ The World; Europe's Leaders See Green. nytimes.com, April 9, 1995, accessed February 1, 2016 .

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