UNFCCC Annex I Countries - (Developed Nations and Nations with Economies in Transition (EIT))

• Australia
• Austria
• Belarus a/
• Belgium
• Bulgaria a/
• Canada
• Croatia*
• Czech Republic a/ *
• Denmark

• European Union
• Estonia a/
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary a/
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Latvia a/
• Liechtenstein*
• Lithuania a/
• Luxembourg
• Monaco*
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland a/
• Portugal
• Romania a/
• Russian Federation a/
• Slovakia a/*
• Slovenia a/*
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine a/
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• United States of America

Notes

a/ Countries with Economies in Transition (EIT)

* Countries added to Annex I by an amendment that entered into force on 13 August 1998, pursuant to decision 4/CP.3 adopted at COP 3.

UNFCCC Annex II Countries

These are Annex I countries without the countries with Economies in Transition (EIT)). That is, countries not marked with a/ above.

The non-annex I countries

are the developing countries

(Sources: United Nations Framework of Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD))

Other Sources of Information:

• Causes of Climate change - Edugreen
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).