Question

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at __________.

• A. United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972
• B. UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992
• C. World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002
• D. UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, then entered into force on 21 March 1994.