The United Nations conferences on climate from the beginning to the present

For most of the history the composition of earth's atmosphere has been unchanging. However, in the middle of 19th century this pattern changed following the industrial revolution and the use on large scale of fossil fuels, mostly coal.

As science and politics became aware of this problem, the United Nations multilateral diplomacy made efforts to reach agreements aimed at reducing the level of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions created by human activities and having adverse effects on earth's climate.

Unfortunately, a global agreement to act is not the same thing as its timely and full implementation and much more must be done by the States parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reach the goals that could spare the mankind from the tangible and fast impact of global warming.

Leonardo Baroncelli brings with…