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Paris Agreement

Meaning in environment & climate, with examples

/ˈpærɪs əˈɡriːmənt/nounCore term

In environment & climate, Paris Agreement means: The international climate treaty adopted in 2015 under the UN climate convention, in which countries agreed to keep global warming well below 2°C and to try to limit it to 1.5°C.

In Turkish: Paris Anlaşması, Paris İklim Anlaşması

How it is used

Always capitalized and used with 'the'. Countries sign, ratify, join or withdraw from the Paris Agreement and submit national climate plans called NDCs under it. Common phrases: the Paris goals, Paris-aligned, in line with the Paris Agreement. Adopted at COP21, it entered into force in 2016.

Example sentences

  1. The bank says all its new lending will be aligned with the Paris Agreement.

  2. Under the Paris Agreement, countries submit new climate targets every five years.

Common collocations

  • ratify the Paris Agreement
  • Paris-aligned
  • goals of the Paris Agreement
  • in line with the Paris Agreement
  • nationally determined contribution (NDC)A country's national climate plan under the Paris Agreement, setting out its targets for cutting emissions and its actions for adapting to climate change.
  • COPShort for Conference of the Parties: the yearly UN climate summit where the countries that signed the UN climate convention negotiate and review global climate action.
  • global warmingThe rise in the Earth's average surface temperature since the late 1800s, caused mainly by greenhouse gases released by human activities.
  • pre-industrial levelsThe conditions before large-scale industry began, usually the period 1850–1900, used as the reference point for measuring global warming and CO2 concentrations.
  • net zeroA state in which the greenhouse gases a country or company still emits, after deep emission cuts, are balanced by the same amount being removed from the atmosphere.

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