14 June 1992 was an important date in Rio and for the rest of the world. It was the culmination of the Earth Summit, when 154 countries signed a treaty – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, to establish the Secretariat headquartered in Bonn, that would focus on ongoing scientific research and regular meetings, negotiations, and future policy agreements, that would one day alleviate the effects of Climate Change. Since the signing of this treaty, there has been 25 United Nations Climate Change conferences, the 26th one being held in Scotland, from the 31st of October 2021.
So What have we achieved till date since the establishment of the UNFCCC and the resulting COPs?
Let us have a brief look at the 25 conferences and how they fared:
