Write a note on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The treaty is aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic (due to human activity) interference with the climate system. Signatories to the UNFCCC are divided into three groups: Annex I countries (industrialized countries) Annex II countries (developed countries which pay for costs of developing countries) Developing countries Annex I countries agree to reduce their emissions (particularly carbon dioxide) to target levels below their 1990 emissions levels. If they cannot do so, they must buy emission credits or invest in conservation. Annex II countries, that have to provide financial resources for the developing countries, are a sub-group of the Annex I countries consisting of the OECD members. Developing countries have no immediate restrictions under the UNFCCC. This serves three purposes: Avoids restrictions on growth because pollution is strongly linked to industrial growth, and developing economies can potentially grow very fast. It means that they cannot sell emissions credits to industrialized nations to permit those nations to overpollute. They get money and technologies from the developed countries in Annex II. Developing countries may volunteer to become Annex I countries when they are sufficiently developed. Developing countries are not expected to implement their commitments under the Convention unless developed countries supply enough funding and technology, and this has lower priority than economic and social development and dealing with poverty.