page_title: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
section_title: Secretariat
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change / Secretariat
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: „Altes Abgeordnetenhochhaus“, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn-Gronau; nun genutzt als Bürogebäude vom Sekretariat der Klimarahmenkonvention der Vereinten Nationen und Teil des UN-Campus English: “Old highrise of members of parliament”, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn-Gronau; now used as office building by the secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and part of the “UN-Campus”
context_page_description: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an
  International Environmental Treaty that seeks to reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases with the aim of preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with earth's climate system.
  It is a framework which requires individual participating countries to commit to stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions. The UNFCCC has 197 parties to the convention, who meet annually in Conferences of the Parties to assess progress in dealing with climate change.
context_section_description: The work under the UNFCCC is facilitated by a secretariat in Bonn, Germany. The secretariat is established under Article 8 of the Convention. It is headed by the Executive Secretary. The current Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, was appointed on 18 May 2016 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and took office on 18 July 2016. She succeeded Christiana Figueres who held the office since 2010. Former Executive Secretaries have been Yvo de Boer (2006-2010), Joke Waller-Hunter (2002-2005) and Michael Zammit Cutajar (1995-2002).
caption: Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, UN Campus, Bonn, seat of the secretariat
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