Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was adopted by 195 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21) on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.

The Paris Agreement aims to limit average global warming to well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial times, aiming for a maximum temperature increase of 1.5°C. In addition, the agreement obliges all states to submit and explain a nationally defined reduction target at international level every five years.

The Paris Agreement is a milestone in the multilateral climate change process, as for the first time a binding agreement commits all nations to make ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.


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