2015 Paris Agreement On Climate Change
The paris agreement is a landmark environmental accord that was adopted by nearly every nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts.
2015 paris agreement on climate change. L accord de paris is an agreement within the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation adaptation and finance signed in 2016 the agreement s language was negotiated by representatives of 196 state parties at the 21st conference of the parties of the unfccc in le bourget near paris france. The 2015 united nations climate change conference cop 21 or cmp 11 was held in paris france from 30 november to 12 december 2015 it was the 21st yearly session of the conference of the parties cop to the 1992 united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc and the 11th session of the meeting of the parties cmp to the 1997 kyoto protocol. What is the paris agreement. At cop 21 in paris on 12 december 2015 parties to the unfccc reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future.
The paris agreement builds upon the convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so.