Paris Agreement definition

Paris Agreement means a legally binding global climate change agreement, adopted on 12 December 2015 at the Paris climate conference (COP21) and which entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, U.N. Doc. FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev/1 (Dec. 12, 2015).
Paris Agreement. ’ means the Paris Agreement adopted by the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015, and ratified by the Republic on 1 November 2016;

Examples of Paris Agreement in a sentence

  • Parties involved in the Paris Agreement have submitted pledges known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs); however, for the most part these NDCs focus on domestic emissions and therefore do not address emissions from international transport (international aviation and shipping).

  • Accordingly, each Party shall effectively implement the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.

  • While the Paris Agreement does not determine how emissions from international aviation are to be addressed, emissions from domestic aviation clearly fall under NDCs. Domestic aviation is responsible for one third of total aviation emissions, and parties to the Agreement must adopt measures within their NDCs to limit its climate impact.

  • The Paris Agreement may serve as a relevant model, and the review mechanisms established in this Agreement could be modelled after for the development of an interna- tional agreement to mitigate and remove space debris.

  • In brief, the Paris Agreement provides a model for the development of an international agreement to regulate the mitigation and remediation of space debris.


More Definitions of Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement means the agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance, adopted in December, 2015, which was formally ratified by the EU in October, 2016 and which entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted on 12 December 2015 and which entered into force on 4 November 2016 as may be adjusted or amended from time to time, as further elaborated on by relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties and the CMA;
Paris Agreement means a legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted in Paris on 12 December 2015 and which entered into force on 4 November 2016. The goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by 2050.
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement under the Convention, as ratified by the Law on ratification of the Paris Agreement;
Paris Agreement means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883.
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, ratified by Papua New Guinea on September 21, 2016 and which entered into force on November 4, 2016;