What is the current focus and timeline of global negotiations on climate change?
A. The main focus of current international negotiations on climate change occurs within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approved at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, which ultimately led to the adoption of the landmark Kyoto Protocol in 1997. At present, 178 countries have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, with the conspicuous absence of the United States: Click here for Web Site As part of developing revisions to post-Kyoto agreement by the signators, there will be a meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 14) in December, 2008 in Poznan, Poland, followed by two COP 15 meetings in June and in December, 2009.
