Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was negotiated by 196 parties at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference near Paris, France. As of February 2023, 195 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are parties to the agreement. Of the three UNFCCC member states which have not ratified the agreement, the only major emitter is Iran. The United States withdrew from the agreement in 2020, but rejoined in 2021.
Some of the key events about Paris Agreement
- 2015The Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in Paris, setting a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change
- 2015The agreement set non-binding national targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, lacking enforcement mechanisms
- 2016The Paris Agreement entered into force, less than a year after its adoption, marking unprecedented international cooperation on climate action
- 2016The agreement failed to include international shipping and aviation emissions in its scope
- 2017The United States announced its intention to withdraw from the agreement
- 2018The Katowice Climate Package was agreed upon, providing detailed guidelines for implementing the Paris Agreement
- 2018The agreement's implementation guidelines were criticized for being too weak and lacking ambition
- 2019The Santiago Network was established to catalyze technical assistance for addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts
- 2019Major emitters were found to be falling short of their pledged targets under the agreement
- 2020The Climate Ambition Alliance was launched, encouraging countries to submit enhanced national climate action plans
- 2020The COVID-19 pandemic delayed crucial climate negotiations and implementation efforts
- 2021The Glasgow Climate Pact was adopted, reaffirming the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal and calling for accelerated climate action
- 2021The agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C was deemed increasingly unattainable
- 2022The Global Methane Pledge was expanded, with over 150 countries committing to reduce methane emissions
- 2022The Loss and Damage Fund was established to provide financial assistance to vulnerable nations impacted by climate change
- 2022The agreement's finance mechanisms were criticized for insufficient funding to developing countries
- 2023The first Global Stocktake was conducted to assess collective progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement's goals
- 2023The UAE Consensus was reached at COP28, calling for a transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems
- 2023Global emissions continued to rise despite the agreement's objectives
- 2023The agreement's "global stocktake" revealed inadequate progress towards climate goals
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