#2016-1504Paris Agreement
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The law, known as the Paris Agreement, aims to enhance global efforts to combat climate change by establishing a framework for countries to limit global warming. It emphasizes the need for parties to take ambitious actions towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, providing financial and technological support to developing countries, and enhancing resilience to climate impacts. The agreement insists on the importance of collaboration among nations while respecting diverse national circumstances and capacities, and it addresses issues related to adaptation, capacity building, technology transfer, and financial assistance.
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Key Changes
- Establishes a global temperature limit to pursue efforts to restrict warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Creates a framework for countries to communicate and enhance their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) every five years.
- Sets the groundwork for financial support from developed countries to assist developing nations in their climate actions.
Obligations
What this law requires
Establish, communicate, and update successive nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that represent progression from previous contributions and reflect the highest possible level of ambition
Take domestic mitigation measures to achieve the objectives of nationally determined contributions
Pursue global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, with developed country Parties assuming absolute emission reduction targets at the economy-wide level
Achieve a balance between anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from sources and removals from sinks during the second half of the century based on equity and in the context of sustainable development
Strengthen adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change and promote climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emission development