The Marrakech Accords is a set of agreements reached at the
7th Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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 th ...
, held in 2001, on the rules of meeting the targets set out in the
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...
.
The separate
Marrakech Declaration of 15 April 1994, manifesting the
Uruguay Round
The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1993 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties". The R ...
trade agreements and establishing the
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation
in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
, was also concluded and signed in
Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrak ...
.
Marrakesh Declaration of 15 April 1994
at World Trade Organization
References
External links
The Marrakesh Accords & The Marrakesh Declaration
- Draft
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2001 in the environment
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