Question

The Paris agreement of the Cop21 was happened in the year of?

• A. 2009
• B. 2015
• C. 2019
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 2015

• The Paris Agreement is a landmark international treaty on climate change that was adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France.

• It was adopted on December 12, 2015, at COP21 in Paris

• It entered into force on November 4, 2016

• The agreement's main goal is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, preferably to 1.5 degrees

• It requires all participating countries to set emissions reduction targets and regularly report on their progress

• It includes provisions for financial assistance to developing nations for climate adaptation and mitigation

• It represents the first time that nearly all nations committed to combating climate change and adapting to its effects

• 196 parties (195 countries plus the European Union) signed the agreement

• The agreement works on a 5-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action