Part 2: Battle Lines Are Drawn
This is going to be a feisty piece, as hinted to by the topic! Part 1 covered the formation of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the second part of Peeling Back the COP series, we will cover the Climate Change Convention. The Heart of UNFCCC The Climate Change Convention (CCC) is the heart of UNFCCC, with everything else revolving around it. It is interesting how the CCC came into being. As a refresher, you may have heard of the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone as well as the stellar 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the OzoneLayer . These two conventions covered some Green House Gases (GHGs) that were depleting the Ozone layer; however, there was emerging scientific evidence that there were more gases that were doing more harm than good to the environment, hence the need to tackle them. But then, there was a need to get continuous scientific information that would inform policy formulation with regards to r