Historically, climate change can be attributed primarily to the actions of the large, industrialised countries. However, its impacts are diffused to all countries, whether small or large, developed or developing. This global nature of climate change means that cooperation and action at international level is important.
Therefore, the international community, through long negotiations, has succeeded in reaching global agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the more recent Paris Climate Agreement, in order to address the problem on a global scale. Greece, along with other small countries in the climate-sensitive Mediterranean region, is expected to incur adverse effects from climate change.