Paris Agreement:
Essential Elements
The Paris Agreement builds upon
the Convention and – for the first time – brings all nations into a common
cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to
its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As
such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.
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. Additionally, the agreement aims
to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate
change.
To reach these ambitious goals,
appropriate financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced
capacity building framework will be put in place, thus supporting action by
developing countries and the most vulnerable countries, in line with their own
national objectives. The Agreement also provides for enhanced transparency of
action and support through a more robust transparency framework. Further
information on key aspects of the Agreement can be found here.
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