The Paris climate agreement: exploring its goals, strengths and limitations.

The goals and commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement: what it provides and what are its benefits and limitations. Here is a history of the UN summits leading up to the historic COP 21 in Paris. What are the next steps in applying it? In December 2015 COP21 in Paris marked a turning point in the fight against climate change . It was attended by delegates from 196 member countries of the UNFCCC (United Nations Convention on Climate Change), as well as civil society observers, journalists and media from around the world. The goal was to reach a global agreement on limiting global warming and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with the Paris Agreement being a key result. Here is the history and content of this important treaty.

The journey begins in 1992; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate was signed on Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro . This treaty provides a general goal of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at a non-hazardous target.

stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that prevents dangerous anthropogenic interventions in the Earth's climate system.