Paris Agreement

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The Paris Agreement is a landmark international treaty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits countries to limit global warming to well below 2°C, pursuing efforts to stay under 1.5°C through nationally determined emissions-reduction plans.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf international climate agreement
multilateral environmental agreement
treaty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
abbreviation NDCs
adoptedAt Paris
adoptedAtEvent 21st Conference of the Parties
surface form: COP21
adoptedBy Conference of the Parties (COP) climate negotiations
surface form: Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
adoptedOn 2015-12-12
adoptionConferenceNumber 21st Conference of the Parties
adoptionMethod consensus
alsoKnownAs Paris Agreement
surface form: Paris climate accord
article13FocusesOn transparency
article6ProvidesFor cooperative approaches
internationally transferred mitigation outcomes
mechanism to contribute to mitigation and support sustainable development
article7FocusesOn adaptation
article9FocusesOn climate finance
category climate change law
international environmental law instrument
containsArticle Article 13
Article 2
Article 4
Article 6
Article 7
Article 9
encourages alignment of financial flows with low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development
peaking of global greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible
enteredIntoForceOn 2016-11-04
entryIntoForceCondition ratification by at least 55 Parties to the UNFCCC accounting for at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions
establishes enhanced transparency framework
global stocktake
focusArea climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
climate finance
fullName Paris Agreement self-linksurface differs
surface form: Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
globalStocktakeFrequency every 5 years
hasWithdrawalClause yes
hostCountryOfAdoption France
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature legally binding international treaty
longTermMitigationGoal achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century
mechanismIntroduced nationally determined contributions
negotiatedUnder United Nations
negotiationProcess UNFCCC negotiations
notableReaccession United States rejoining in 2021
notableWithdrawal United States withdrawal notification in 2017
openedForSignatureAt New York City
openedForSignatureBy United Nations
openedForSignatureOn 2016-04-22
parentTreaty United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
primaryGoal limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
recognizes common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities
replaces Kyoto Protocol as central framework for global climate action after 2020
requires progression over time in ambition of nationally determined contributions
regular updating of nationally determined contributions
submission of nationally determined contributions by Parties
scope global
secondaryGoal pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
secretariat UNFCCC Secretariat
shortName Paris Agreement self-link
subjectMatter climate resilience
greenhouse gas emissions reduction
low greenhouse gas emissions development
temperatureBaseline pre-industrial levels
transparencyFrameworkCovers action
support
withdrawalNoticePeriod 1 year after notification following 3 years from entry into force for that Party

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Paris Agreement alsoKnownAs Paris Agreement
this entity surface form: Paris climate accord
Paris Agreement fullName Paris Agreement self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
this entity surface form: Article 4 of the Paris Agreement
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this entity surface form: Paris Agreement 2015
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this entity surface form: 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21)
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this entity surface form: Paris Agreement on climate change
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Paris Agreement shortName Paris Agreement self-link
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this entity surface form: Paris Agreement on climate change
this entity surface form: Paris Agreement on climate change