Instead, the treaty provides a framework for negotiating specific international treaties (called «protocols») that may set binding limits on greenhouse gases. (sciencedaily.com)
Now entire countries are entering the fray, attempting international agreements with legally binding limits to the emissions of heat - trapping gases. (ase.tufts.edu)
Figueres, of Costa Rica, is executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which in 1997 led to the adoption of the landmark Kyoto Protocol but that, in recent years, has been widely criticized for failing to secure a treaty imposing binding limits on emissions. (e360.yale.edu)