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COP 21 at Paris: The issues, the actors, and the road ahead on climate change Amar Bhattacharya, Charles K. Ebinger, Charles Frank, Homi Kharas, Weifeng Liu, John W. McArthur, Warwick J. McKibbin, Joshua P. Meltzer, Adele Morris, Zia Qureshi, Katherine Sierra, Nicholas Stern, Amadou Sy, and Peter J. Wilcoxen Friday, November 20, 2015 At the end of the month, governments from nearly 200 nations will convene in Paris, France for the 21st annual U.N. climate conference (COP21). Expectations are high for COP21 as leaders aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on limiting global temperature increases for the first time in over 20 years. Ahead of this much anticipated event, Brookings experts have compiled a collection of comprehensive short briefs on key issues in climate action, including climate aid and finance, infrastructure, carbon pricing, the relationship between agriculture and climate, and more. 2015 has been an unexpectedly positive year for climate change efforts, as the long-floundering U.N. process has finally begun to deliver some of what is needed. Make no mistake: We are still on track to overshoot the limits of our planet’s ability to absorb the fossil pollutants we are pumping into it. But substantial progress is being made, and denying that would be counterproductive to the important cooperation that has occurred. Although there is work still to be done, the Paris COP21 promises to be an important turning point in the fight against climate c...

What Is the Paris Agreement/COP21? The Paris Agreement, also known as the Paris Climate Accord, is an agreement among the leaders of over 180 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the global temperature increase to below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels by the year 2100. Ideally, the agreement aims to keep the increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). The agreement is also called the 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). • The Paris Agreement is a U.N.-sponsored international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. • The agreement was formed in 2015 and has over 190 signatory nations. • The U.S. officially exited the Paris Agreement in November 2020. • President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 20, 2021, announcing that the U.S. would rejoin the Paris Agreement. Understanding the Paris Agreement/COP21 One of the most significant results of the 2015 Paris Agreement was that the United States and China initially signed on for it. The U.S. briefly left the agreement in November 2020 but rejoined in February 2021. Together, the U.S. and China are responsible for approximately 38.4% of global carbon emissions: 24.5% from the U.S. and 13.9% from China (2019 data). Each country that attended the 21st Conference of the Parties agreed to cut its emissions by a particular percentage based on a base year's emissions level. The United States, for example, pr...

The Paris Climate Conference is officially known as the 21st Conference of the Parties (or “COP”) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations body which is responsible for climate and based in Bonn, Germany. The Conference will also serve as the 11 th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. The COP meets each year to take decisions that further the implementation of the Convention and to combat climate change. COP21 will take place at the same time as CMP11, the 11th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, which oversees the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions made to increase its effectiveness. In total, 45,000 participants are expected to participate at the COP at the Paris-Le Bourget site at some point during the Conference. This includes delegates representing countries, observers, civil society and journalists. 20,000 people will be officially accredited and will have access to the Conference itself, while people not accredited to the Conference itself will still be able to take part in debates, see exhibitions and attend talks or screenings in the civil society area which will be built very close to the conference centre. There are no magical or instant solutions to climate change. The climate challenge is one of the most complex the world has ever faced. But climate change has now risen to the top of the global agenda and countries, cities, the private sector, civil society, faith leaders a...

Documents Symbol Date Type Status Versions Conference of the Parties (COP), Twenty-first session, 30 November - 11 December 2015, Paris, France 1. Opening of the session. 2. Organizational matters: 2. (a) Election of the President of the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-first session; 2. (b) Adoption of the rules of procedure; 22May1996 meeting papers Published Organizational matters: Adoption of the rules of procedure. Note by the secretariat. 2. (c) Adoption of the agenda; 11Sep2015 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. 6Nov2015 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. Addendum. 2. (d) Election of officers other than the President; 2. (e) Admission of organizations as observers; 18Sep2015 meeting papers Published Admission of observers: organizations applying for admission as observers. Note by the secretariat. 2. (f) Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies; 11Sep2015 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. 11Sep2015 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. 11Sep2015 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. 7Mar2013 agendas Published Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary. 2. (g) Dates and venues of future sessions; 10Dec2015 draft conclusions Published Dates and venues of fut...

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Read more As of today, the US "will cease all implementation" of the accord, Trump said, adding that he will consider rejoining the deal if it is renegotiated to be more beneficial to the US economy. He suggested that the Paris deal was "unfair" to US workers and taxpayers, and that other nations – notably China and India – stood to benefit more under its current terms. "This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries obtaining a financial advantage over the United States," Trump said. "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh – not Paris," he added. The United States becomes only the third country, along with Nicaragua and Syria, to oppose the The United States had committed to lowering its fossil fuel emissions by 26-28 percent from 2005 levels by a 2025 deadline. In signing the deal, wealthy nations also pledged to help pay for developing countries to transition to cleaner energy sources and to deal with the effects of climate change. The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan as well as the "We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us any more. And they won't be," Trump said Thursday. "The same nations asking us to stay in the agreement are the countries that have collectively cost America trillions of dollars through tough trade practices and in many cases lax contributions to our critical military alliance," Trump added. No renegotiation In a rare joint statement, continental Europe's three...