Negotiations on a global climate change deal began
in 1990 and led to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
in 1992 (Bodansky, 2001) The climate change negotiation process began
in December 1990, when the UN General Assembly established the Intergovernmental Negotiating
Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change, to negotiate a convention
containing «appropriate commitments»
in time for signature
in June 1992 at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development
in Rio de Janeiro.