Paris Agreement
About the Paris Agreement
Landmark climate accord, hold warming well below 2, pursue 1.5 degrees, every country submits NDC pledges every five years, ratcheting ambition, no penalties just transparency. Trump withdrawal 2020, rejoined 2021, withdrew again 2025. Implementation gap, current pledges mean 2.5 to 3 degrees, defines the era. Loss and damage fund agreed 2022 for climate victims. Paris durability rests on economics, clean energy outcompeting fossil, more than treaty law.
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