Current Status

Climate Change UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Biodiversity UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Desertification UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Completed: The Third Conference of Parties (COP 3) in Kyoto, Japan, 1-10 December 1997 Next major event: COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina, late 1998. Other events: See Homepage As of 15 October 97, the Convention was ratified by 171 countries.

Completed: The Fourth Conference of Parties (COP 4), in Bratislava, Slovakia, 4 - 15 May 1998 Next major event: COP 5 ... Other events: See Homepage As of 1 June 1997, the Convention was ratified by 169 countries.

Completed: The First Conference of Parties (COP 1), 29 Sept - 10 Nov 1997, Rome, Italy Next major event: COP2, Dakar, Senegal, 30 November - 11 December 1998. Other events: See Homepage As of 9 June 1998, the convention was ratified by 125 countries.