COP21 : the Paris agreement on climate adopted
- 14 December 2015
The Paris agreement and the decision that precedes it were adopted Saturday, December 12, 2015 around 19:30 at Le Bourget by delegates from 196 Parties at the climate convention, as the principle of consensus.
Source : AEF
The final document contains a decision which decides to take the Paris agreement legally binding and universal.
The Paris agreement should come into force in 2020 and take over the Kyoto Protocol.
To read the text on the global warming goal, mitigation means, adaptation, financing, transparency, differentiation and entry into force of the agreement, click here.