The climate change represents one of the governance challenges of our time, and it is likely to remain in the coming century. The climate change is global in numerous ways- the system of climate is universal and the energy, as well as the economic structures that are causing the challenges, is global. Nevertheless, in significant ways, the climate change is an intensely local problem because the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission which is the core of the challenge is generated everywhere. Also, the climate change’s effects will be differently felt in diverse areas (Hoffmann, 2014). Therefore, the task of governance is critical regarding the climate change. The current climate science informs that already we are on track for the considerable …show more content…
It is vital to note that the Convention set out the framework for action whose objective is to stabilize the atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gases so that to aid in the prevention of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the system of climate. The Framework of UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force in 1994, has an almost universal membership of 195 parties (Abbott, 2012). The annual Conferences of Parties’ primary objective is to review the implementation of the convention. The Convention outlines how the explicit global agreements may be discussed in setting the obligatory restrictions regarding the greenhouse gases. The convention parties have met annually to evaluate the progress in dealing with the climate change. In 1997, Kyoto Protocol was established, as well as created the legally binding responsibilities for the developed countries in reducing their greenhouse emissions (Abbott, 2012). There was an amendment of the protocol to include the period 2013-2020 in the Doha Treaty. Furthermore, Vanhala (2016) reiterates that in 2015, there was an adoption of the Paris Agreement, governing the reduction of emissions from 2020 on through the countries commitments in the ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. It is seen that one of the first tasks set by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was for the signatory nations to establish the national greenhouse inventories of the greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the removals, which were applied in the creation of the 1990 levels of benchmarking regarding the Kyoto Protocol’s Annex I countries, as well as for the commitment of those countries to the greenhouse gas emissions