Official texts and declarations
Climate negociations
Paris Agreement on Climate
The Paris Agreement, was negotiated by 195 delegations on 12th december 2015, following the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21).
Overview
The Paris Agreement, was negotiated by 195 delegations on 12th december 2015, following the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21). The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C.
Governments agreed:
- a long-term goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels;
- to aim to limit the increase to 1.5°C, since this would significantly reduce risks and the impacts of climate change;
- on the need for global emissions to peak as soon as possible, recognising that this will take longer for developing countries;
- to undertake rapid reductions thereafter in accordance with the best available science.