What role did France play in the development of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

France played a crucial role in the development of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty that was adopted on May 9, 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The treaty aims to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.

France was one of the leading voices in the negotiations that led to the adoption of the UNFCCC. The country played a key role in promoting the idea of common but differentiated responsibilities among nations, which recognizes that developed nations have a greater responsibility to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and provide financial and technical assistance to developing nations to help them mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

France also played a key role in the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which is an extension of the UNFCCC. The Paris Agreement, which was adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. France was the host country of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), where the Paris Agreement was adopted.