The United States signed on to the most universally supported
treaty on climate change, the 1992 UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was designed to protect the world
from the dangerous effects of climate change. Although the U.S.
did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the next round of
negotiations on a follow-up treaty are currently underway and
the U.S. must consider how to re-engage in the international
climate change process.