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UNFCCC: Bonn, 6-17 November 2017. COP 23
With 197 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 192 of the UNFCCC Parties.
The ultimate objective of both treaties is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.Stories on the Newsroom are written by UNFCCC staff. The publisher of the website is Nick Nuttall, Spokesperson and Coordinator Communications and Outreach.