The Paris Agreement
Title
The Paris Agreement
Description
The Paris Agreement was a voluntary and non-binding international agreement reached in 2015 with a goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 degrees C this century and pursue an ambitious goal of staying below 1.5 degrees C, which has been stated as a safer target. Participating countries submitted their own climate plans to try to enact, and the goal was that with less consequence of failure, more countries will dare to be ambitious.
Date of Article or Event
December 2015 – December 2015