Milestones

Paris Agreement

2015

Citation Formats

General Reference

Energy Atlas. "Paris Agreement." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/paris-agreement-2015.

APA Style

Energy Atlas. (n.d.). Paris Agreement. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/paris-agreement-2015

BibTeX

@misc{energyatlas-paris-agreement,
  author = {Energy Atlas},
  title = {Paris Agreement},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/paris-agreement-2015},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Adopted on 12 December 2015 by 196 parties at the COP21 climate conference, the Paris Agreement committed the world to holding warming well below two degrees Celsius while pursuing 1.5. Because roughly three quarters of greenhouse gas emissions come from energy, the agreement became the organizing goal of the global energy transition, the benchmark against which national energy policies are now measured.

Facts

Milestone Year

2015 1

Milestone Date

2015-12-12 1

Location

Paris, France 1

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