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Launch of the Annual International (UNFCCC) Climate Conferences

The 1992 International Earth Summit

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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.

Earth Summit was created as a response for member states to cooperate together internationally on development issues after the Cold War. Due to issues relating to sustainability being too big for individual member states to handle, Earth Summit was held as a platform for other member states to collaborate.

A key achievement of the 1992 conference was the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established in part as an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system" and to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It was signed by 154 states at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). By 2022, the UNFCCC had 198 parties. Its supreme decision-making body, the Conference of the Parties (COP) meets annually to assess progress in dealing with climate change.

Since the creation of the UNFCC many related environmental conferences, climate-related forums, and ongoing scientific research initiatives in the fields of sustainability, climate, and environmental security have continued to develop these intersecting issues. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educational institutions have been prominent participants.

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.[1] It was signed by 154 states at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992... The treaty called for ongoing scientific research and regular meetings, negotiations, and future policy agreements designed to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.

The 'Precautionary Principle' (Vorsorgeprinzip) was featured at the 1992 Earth Summit and became a key principle and organizing goal for environmental protection internationally.

The first Earth Summit (in 1992) played an influential role in diffusing several key principles of environmental treaties, such as the precautionary principle, common but differentiated responsibilities, and the polluter pays principle. (Wikipedia)

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Remembering the First Earth Summit

"It has been a long, long road" -- 1968 to 1992 -- and the journey continues ...

Steve Schmidt, GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: 1968 to 1992, and 1992 to 2023 and on and on

The journey began in 1968 along with the beginnings of the modern environmental movement. We saw "Earthrise" and we also rose with organizing of the first "Earth Day" in 1970.

Earth Day Memories on the 50th Anniversary

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Your GreenPolicy360 founder moved to helping a US political visionary with Earth Science and a first-gen foundation of legislation legislation and joined in environmental organizing. In 1992, it was time for a presidential campaign, and environmental protection platform drafting, and a first Earth Summit and creation of the annual international climate conferences (the UNFCCCs "Conferences of the Parties").

Fifty+ years of environmental, green activism and still going and going and going ....

I'm older now and looking back over the years from those first photos of our home planet that opened our student eyes.... There were those early years of organizing for peace and pushing for environmental protection as we put forward 'teach ins' and moved our message to the first Earth Day.

Then there was continuing the work with Congressman Brown and an international cast of scientists via the US Congress and the Committee on Science, Technology and Space, the first of a host of 'Earth Science Missions from Space', and the first 'National Climate Act in 1978 and the famous US Senate hearings in the late 80s, 1988 in fact with warnings from Dr. James Hansen. The warnings of of climate change and global warming were in the news and on front pages, at least for awhile.

Then came organizing and reporting of at the first "Earth Summit", a conference of nations, organizations, and activists that led to the first global climate 'Conference of the Parties' (UNFCCCs). My reports to the Environmental News Service (ENS) were picked up and I would add positions into environmental platform planks in the the 'Platform in Progress' for California Governor Jerry Brown's presidential campaign. Soon came drafting of the original US Green Party platform. Today, the work continues... 1968 to 1992 and 1992 to today, over half a century and still going....

"EOS", an Earth Observing System going back to the beginnings of Earth Science Research from Space

GreenPolicy360 looks at visionaries who set in motion first-of-its-type digital, multispectral imaging of Planet Earth.

"Earth Day", Artwork courtesy of NASA

Here are some links from the journey -- Representative George E. Brown's work to advance climate science, beginning in earnest with the first National Climate Act of 1978 and establishment of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to push what was called a "big science, earth science" agenda with the first generation of focused earth studies and science, measuring and monitoring 'the Commons' , earth's atmosphere, natural resources (e.g., Landsat's start up and a deep, multi-decade array of NASA/NOAA/USGS missions....

A tip of our GreenPolicy360 hat to #PlanetCitizens and #PlanetCitizensPlanetScientists.

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Thin Blue Layer

Look at how thin our atmosphere is

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Our Biggest Experiment

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"We’re running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe... The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be 'really bad'." -- Elon Musk

"We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet, the "Thin Blue Layer". The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' as nature used to be... Our challenge is to use our native intelligence to protect the life-enabling atmosphere, to make decisions that sustain and benefit life today and for future generations." -- Steven Schmidt

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