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| YEAR | OCCURRENCE |
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| 1979 | First World Climate Conference |
| 1988 | Conference on the Changing Atmosphere (Toronto) Establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) |
| 1990 | IPCC's First Assessment Report Establishment of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) Second World Climate Conference |
| 1991 | INC met for the first time in February to develop the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
| 1992 | 9 May the FCCC was adopted in New York by the INC and
opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in Brazil In December Australia became the ninth country to ratify the Convention |
| 1994 | 21 March the FCCC entered into force having received the required 50 ratifications |
| 1995 | The INC was dissolved in February and the Conference
of the Parties became the Convention's ultimate authority First Conference of the Parties (CoP 1 - the Berlin “Climate Summit”) December the IPCC produced the Second Assessment Report |
| 1996 | Second Conference of the Parties (CoP 2) signed the “Geneva Convention” |
| 1997 | Third Conference of the Parties (CoP 3) adopted the Kyoto Protocol |
| 1998 | The Kyoto Protocol was opened for signature Fourth Conference of the Parties (CoP 4) adopted the “Buenos Aires Plan of Action” |
| 1999 | Fifth Conference of the Parties (CoP 5) took place in Bonn |
| 2000 | Sixth Conference of the Parties (CoP 6) to be held in November in The Hague |
| 2005 | Negotiations on new targets for 2013 and onwards to take
place. Parties must show `demonstable progress' toward 2008 – 2012 targets |
| 2008 | First five year commitment period begins |
