Paris Agreement On Climate Change
Here s what the accord seeks to achieve and why our future may depend on its.
Paris agreement on climate change. The eu and its member states are among the close to 190 parties to the paris agreement. The paris agreement signifies years of work in trying to combat climate change. It committed its parties to internationally binding emission reduction targets. In 1992 countries joined an international treaty the united nations framework convention on climate change.
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 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. The paris agreement is the first ever universal legally binding global climate change agreement adopted at the paris climate conference cop21 in december 2015. In 2005 the kyoto protocol became a legally binding treaty.