Climate Change Scientific Assessment and Policy Analysis : final report agreement on technology?

Climate change has been on the international policy agenda since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was agreed in 1992. Recent authoritative reports have further emphasised the seriousness and urgency of the problem, but have also indicated that climate change can be mitigated if adequate action is taken in the short and medium term. The Kyoto Protocol was the UNFCCC’s answer to the call for measures and has been effective in establishing an international carbon market and reducing emissions in some countries and regions.