Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.^[1] It planned to reduce greenhouse gases. It also looked at ways countries could change to deal with problems caused by climate change, and have countries promise to spend money to make sure this would happen. The agreement was signed in Paris in 2016, by 197 countries.

Paris Agreement Media

Heads of delegations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris
Movie showing Laurent Fabius signaling the formal adoption of the Paris Agreement
Signing by John Kerry in United Nations General Assembly Hall for the United States
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi greeting the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, in background Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa at the COP21 Summit on 30 November 2015
Probability that countries achieve their Paris Agreement Goals according to their nationally determined contributions as of 2021 (NDCs)
Scenarios of global greenhouse gas emissions. If all countries achieve their current Paris Agreement pledges, average warming by 2100 would still exceed the maximum 2°C target set by the agreement.
Since 2000, rising CO₂ emissions in China and the rest of the world have surpassed the output of the United States and Europe.
Per person, the United States generates CO₂ at a far faster rate than other primary regions.
GCF Signed Pledges 2018. The map shows Indicator 13.A.1: The mobilized amount of United States dollars per year between 2020 and 2025 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment.