Paris Agreement On Climate Change 2016
The paris agreement was an addition to the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc initially agreed to by all 195 countries present at the 2015 united nations climate change conference in december of that year including the united states then under the presidency of barack obama due to the status of the united states and china as the greatest emitters of carbon dioxide.
Paris agreement on climate change 2016. 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 paris agreement s central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1 5 degrees celsius. The paris agreement on climate change officially entered into force on 4 november 2016 after 55 countries accounting for 55 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions deposited their. The paris agreement entered into force on 4 november 2016 thirty days after the date on which at least 55 parties to the convention accounting in total for at least an estimated 55 of the total global greenhouse gas emissions have deposited their instruments of ratification acceptance approval or accession with the depositary.
Paris agreement in full paris agreement under the united nations framework convention on climate change also called paris climate agreement or cop21 international treaty named for the city of paris france in which it was adopted in december 2015 which aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. 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. The eu and its member states are among the close to 190 parties to the paris agreement. The agreement commits world leaders to keeping global warming below 2c seen.
The paris agreement french. The eu formally ratified the agreement on 5 october 2016 thus enabling its entry into force.