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Quiz (UG) International agreements in practice

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

1. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change introduces "common but differentiated responsibilities". What does that mean?
2. Article 2 of the UNFCCC calls for the prevention of "dangerous anthropenic interference with the climate system [...] within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner". What does that mean?
3. The UNFCCC is a framework convention. What does that mean?
4. At the 6th Conference of the Parties in 2000 in the Hague, the US delegation, lead by Vice-President Al Gore, was hoping to finalize the Kyoto Protocol but the Brits, French and Germans could not agree with one another. What was the implication?
5. At the 20th Conference of the Parties in 2014 in Lima, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) were introduced. What does that mean?
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