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Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  - set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  - and by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (“Earth Summit”) and its “Agenda 21”
The Rio Conventions adopted at the Earth Summit:
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its subsequent Kyoto Protocol
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention to Combat Desertification
2005 World Summit Outcome Document (see paras. 50-55).
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides grants and generates cofinancing for climate change initiatives. Its projects are principally carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank.