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Formation of IPCC
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First IPCC Report on Global Warming
Aknowledged climate change as an issue that has global repruccusions. Established that international cooperation is necessary. -
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Rio Earth Summit
The focus of this conference was the state of the global environment and the relationship between economics, science and the environment in a political context. The main failure of the Rio Summit 1992 is that most of the documents that came out of it are not binding. -
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol included clear regulations on how greenhouse gases were to be reduced. Developed countries agreed to a collective target of a 5.2 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by between 2008 and 2012. -
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Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
Recongnition of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius and set an aspirational goal of reducing global emissions at least 50 percent by 2050. Unprecedented success in bringing together the majority of the world's leaders to consider climate change and listing mitigation actions pledged by developed and developing countries -
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Durban Climate Conferences
Economic development Durban transitions to a low-carbon economy that is socially responsible and environmentally sustainable. -
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Paris Conference
Paris Agreement signed, goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.