What is the Paris Agreement? Everything you need to know
Nov 11, 2020 · The Paris Agreement is the global plan to tackle climate change and restrict global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
Countries remain committed to Paris Agreement despite US exit, and ...
Feb 11, 2025 · Top nature and climate news: Paris Agreement post-US exit; Record weather-related insurance payouts; EU water bodies' health in serious decline.
Paris Agreement: What are NDCs and why do they matter?
Feb 11, 2025 · Countries have to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by February 2025, and some announced their targets at COP29. But do the current commitments go far enough …
World’s first Global Stocktake to assess progress on climate action ...
Nov 2, 2023 · With the World’s first Global Stocktake, the United Nations shows how climate action is progressing, or not, towards the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Is the Paris Agreement legally binding? | World Economic Forum
Nov 22, 2021 · The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change describes the 2015 Paris Agreement as a “legally binding international treaty on climate change”.
5 charts that explain the Paris climate agreement
Nov 4, 2016 · The Paris climate agreement is a pact, signed in December 2015 by 195 countries, to keep global temperature increase well below 2C, and if possible, below 1.5C. Known as COP21 (The …
Why the Paris Agreement is a model for 21st century global governance
Dec 29, 2015 · The new kind of global governance that the Paris agreement exemplifies, which substitutes rolling processes for fixed rules, is far better suited to the kinds of global problems we …
What happened at COP30 – and what comes next?
Dec 2, 2025 · COP30 was held this year in Belém -- a decade after the Paris agreement and against a turbulent geopolitical landscape. What did this year's summit move forward? While it delivered a …
The EU’s return to international carbon credits
Jul 28, 2025 · The European Union is reintroducing international carbon credits into its climate policy to help meet its 2040 carbon emission targets. The effectiveness of international carbon credits …
How Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can accelerate the transition to ...
May 2, 2023 · Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can accelerate a more economical transition to a low-carbon economy and help us decarbonize before 2030.