RT null T1 Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy - Proceedings of the Second World Climate Conference K1 climate change K1 greenhouse gas K1 hydrology K1 water resource K1 agriculture K1 human settlement K1 energy conservation K1 transport K1 industrial sector K1 health K1 air quality K1 marine ecosystem K1 fishery K1 sea level K1 coastal zone management K1 land use K1 urban planning K1 disease YR 1990 FD 1990-10 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29930 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29930 NO The primary goals of the Conference were: To formulate recommendations for the continuing World Climate Programme, taking into account the report of the IPCC, with a primary goal of insuring that authoritative scientific information is continually obtained and provided to governments for evaluating impacts, implementing responses, and developing additional international policies to address the issues of global climate change, environmentally sound and sustainable development, the survival of species, and the quality of human life. To provide an opportunity for Ministers: To consider specific follow-up actions pertaining to the IPCC Report and declarations of various international conferences relevant to climate change in an effort to identify elements that could give impetus to negotiations of the framework climate convention. To consider the special needs of developing countries including improvement of their access to climate data and information and to technology and additional financial resources . To consider specific goals for enhancing inter-governmental co-operation in monitoring, detecting and predicting global climate change. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 24, 2026