CLIMATE DIPLOMACY UNDER THE UNFCCC: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

This chapter pinpoints the special characteristics that can be attributed to the functioning of international climate diplomacy and, more specifically, the relations within the structure/regime of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The chapter follows the timeline of the adoption of the seminal climate conventions (UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement) by the international community; it discusses the developments that took place in the 27th Conference of the Parties and the challenging future of climate action. The chapter highlights the complex nature of climate diplomacy.