United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Adoption of the Paris Agreement. Proposal by the President of the Conference of the Parties.
Conference of the Parties. Twenty-first session. Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015
UNFCCC, 2015
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The 2015 Paris Agreement could mark a significant turning point in the fight against climate change.
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Recommendation
In November 2015, 196 nations assembled at the Paris Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and pledged to limit greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to avoid the worst effects of climate change. This agreement marks an extraordinary diplomatic feat that has eluded negotiators for decades. However, it is vague and aspirational, outlining no legally binding emissions cuts and no concrete pathways for how to achieve them. While always politically neutral, getAbstract recommends this historic agreement to business leaders, government officials and environmentalists.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Its objective is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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