Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today. 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.
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 negotiated outcome and sustained global climate collaboration, it fell short of unlocking major progress. Parties advanced on adaptation funding, indicators for a global goal on adaptation and a just transition ...
When climate change experts and leaders gather in Brazil this November, for COP30 – the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – it will mark a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in December 2015.
EU nations have agreed to ratify the Paris climate agreement, taking the accord across a legal threshold required to officially bring it into force. Here is a selection of quotes from world leaders on the landmark deal.
The agreement focuses not just on mitigation activities, but on adaptation, too. Adaptation includes the many activities that reduce the costs and consequences of climate change that will occur even after mitigation. The Paris agreement calls for substantial efforts to develop new capabilities for adaptation and the funding needed to support them.
When President Trump made his campaign promise to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last year, it was pitched as a jobs-saving fix-all that would catalyze home-grown industries and help struggling coal miners get back to work.
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