WWF Introductory Guide to the Climate Convention.


Joy Hyvarinen, International Treaties Coordinator, January 1996.



The purpose of this guide is to provide a simple overview of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (the Climate Convention). The guide does not provide a detailed legal analysis of the provisions of the Convention.


The guide provides a brief general introduction and then summarizes the text of the Climate Convention, including the Annexes to the Convention, followed by concluding notes.




1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................


2. THE TEXT OF THE CONVENTION ......................................


3. ANNEXES I and II ................................................


4. CONCLUDING NOTES ................................................





Copyright 1996, The World Wide Fund For Nature

Copyright 1996, The World Wide Fund For Nature