Foundations
This international accord was adopted in this city in December 2015.
What is Paris?
The Paris Agreement’s central goal is to limit warming to “well below” this number of degrees Celsius.
What is 2°C?
He was the French foreign minister who presided over COP21.
Who is Laurent Fabius?
Developed countries pledged this amount per year by 2020 to support developing nations.
What is $100 billion?
The Paris Agreement was adopted at this numbered COP.
What is COP21?
This country rejoined the Paris Agreement in 2021.
What is the United States?
The Paris Agreement is part of this UN convention established in 1992.
What is the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)?
The more ambitious target of the Paris Agreement is to limit warming to this threshold.
What is 1.5°C?
This UN climate chief is often called the “architect of the Paris Agreement.”
Who is Christiana Figueres?
The two types of climate finance: reducing emissions and preparing for impacts.
What are mitigation and adaptation?
Countries update their NDCs every this many years.
What is five years?
Critics argue that countries’ NDCs are not strong enough to meet this goal.
What is 1.5°C?
This many countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2016.
What is 195?
Countries must submit these climate pledges, abbreviated as NDCs.
What are Nationally Determined Contributions?
This U.S. Secretary of State signed the Agreement in 2016 while holding his granddaughter.
Who is John Kerry?
The main financial mechanism supporting developing countries.
What is the Green Climate Fund?
The global “stocktake” occurs on this cycle.
What is every five years?
The Paris Agreement lacks this type of enforcement mechanism.
What are binding penalties?
The Paris Agreement entered into force in this year.
What is 2016?
The Paris Agreement emphasizes reaching this emissions target in the second half of the century.
What is net-zero (carbon neutrality)?
This country is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases today.
What is China?
Paris emphasizes finance for vulnerable countries facing irreversible climate damages, called this.
What is loss and damage?
The first stocktake under the Paris Agreement was completed at this COP in 2023.
What is COP28?
A major sticking point is financing this type of “fair” transition for developing nations.
What is a just transition?
This U.S. president announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in 2017.
Who is Donald Trump?
The scientific body that provides assessment reports guiding Paris targets.
What is the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)?
This small island alliance pushed hardest for the 1.5°C goal.
What is AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States)?
This principle says developed countries should lead but all must act.
What is “common but differentiated responsibilities”?
This year is the global deadline often associated with reaching net-zero.
What is 2050?
This 2021 summit was the first major “ratcheting up” moment for climate ambition.
What is COP26 (Glasgow)?