The Paris Agreement 2015—snapshot

The following Environment practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information covering:

The Paris Agreement 2015—snapshot
Background on the UNFCCC
Does the UNFCCC impose legally binding obligations?
The Kyoto Protocol
Lead up to Paris
NGOs, civil society and media
Overview of principal outcomes of COP 18 and COP 19
Overview of principal outcomes of COP 20
The EU position
The UK position

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The Paris Agreement
NDCs
Climate finance
Clean energy investment initiatives
Monitoring mechanisms
Adaptation
Ratification process
Implementation
A new era of climate change reality

Brexit impact

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Title	Paris Summit (COP 21/CMP 11)
Location	Paris, France
Date	December 2015
Subject	Implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol

Background on the UNFCCC

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty agreed at the 1992 ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro. Its objective is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent man-made climate change. There are 192 signatories (referred to as parties) to the UNFCCC. The initial objective of the UNFCCC was to establish national benchmark figures for greenhouse gas emissions, with a base year of 1990. The Conference of the Parties (COP) meets annually to:

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assess progress in dealing with climate change, and
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as the meeting of parties to the protocol (CMP) to negotiate amendments/additions/extensions to the

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