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The 2015 Paris Agreement is an international agreement on climate change that was adopted by 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, France, on December 12, 2015.

The agreement aims to mitigate global warming and its impacts by:

  1. Limiting global warming to well below 2°C (3.6°F) above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C (2.7°F).
  2. Increasing the ability of countries to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and enhance resilience and reduce vulnerability.
  3. Promoting sustainable development and eradicating poverty.

The agreement sets out a long-term goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of this century.

Key provisions of the Paris Agreement include:

  1. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Each country submits its own plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
  2. Global stocktake: The agreement includes a global stocktake every five years to assess collective progress towards achieving the agreement's goals.
  3. Financing: The agreement aims to mobilize $100 billion per year in climate finance for developing countries by 2020.
  4. Loss and damage: The agreement includes a mechanism to address loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change.

The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016, and has been ratified by over 180 countries.

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