Climate Change Combat Climate change is a global problem that reaches an environmental, political, economic and social perspective in which the worst forecasts also imply enormous economic losses. In order to combat Climate Change, the UN relies on 3 legal instruments: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations system is at the forefront of efforts to save our planet. In 1992, the Earth Summit gave rise to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the first step to face this enormous problem. Currently a total of 197 countries have ratified the Convention, whose ultimate goal is to prevent "dangerous" human interference in the climate system. Kyoto Protocol In 1995 the international community began negotiations to strengthen the global response to climate change. Two years later, in 1997, 83 countries signed and 46 ratified the Kyoto Protocol – today there are 192 party countries. This legally obliges the developed countries that are Parties to meet emission reduction goals. The first commitment period of the Protocol began in 2008 and ended in 2012. The second commitment period began on January 1, 2013 and will end in 2020. Paris Agreement At the 21st Conference in Paris in 2015, the Parties to the UNFCCC reached a historic agreement with the aim of combating climate change and accelerating and intensifying the actions and investments necessary for a sustainable low-carbon future. The Paris Agreement brings together all the nations of the world, for the first time in history, under a common cause: to make ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects. Climate Action Summit 2019 On September 23, 2019, Secretary General António Gutierres called on Member States to participate in the Climate Action Summit. An important event that brought together world leaders, the private sector and civil society. The purpose of this meeting was to support, increase and accelerate the multilateral process in climate action.