b_179_129_16777215_00_images_DEU130318AA001.jpegHere is a look at the major global conferences on climate change over the past 23 years:

Rio de Janeiro 1992: For the first time, countries agree at an Earth Summit that climate change represents a “serious worldwide risk.” The UNFCCC, the United Nation's climate organization, was created.

Berlin 1995: The first U.N. Conference of the Parties, or COP-1, summit is held.

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