''The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also referred to as UNFCCC, was established in 1992 and ratified by 196 countries plus the European Union. Its aim is to develop cooperative strategies to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in order to prevent the dangerous impacts of climate change. As a complex problem, climate change requires integrated responses. Each year, the UNFCCC meets at what is called the Conference of the Parties — the COP — to negotiate a range of issues from global reporting on national climate change efforts to systems for providing financing. It is also an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences...''