Concerns about climate change have been regularly addressed at international conferences for decades. This lesson summarizes a chronology of the main policies and protocols related to global climate change.

In this lesson you will learn about:

   The Montreal Protocol (1987)
   The IPCC first Assessment Report (1990)
   The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
   The IPCC Second Assessment Report (1995)
   The Kyoto Protocol (1997, ratified in 2005)
   The IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001)
   The IPCC Fourth Assessment (2007)
   The Coppenhagen Climate Conference - COP 15 (2009)
   The IPCC Fifth Assessment (2013)
   COP 21 and The Paris Accord (2015)
   The IPCC Fifth Assessment (released in 2013 & 2014)
   The Lima Call to Action (December 2014)
   COP 21 and the Paris Accord (September 2015)
   The IPCC Sixth Assessment (2021, 2002 and 2023)
    

Time Requirement
This lesson should take around 1 hour.