On 12 December 2015, countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement. The legal nature of this new, international agreement requires actions and steps to bring it into force. How the large number of national climate plans will be handled in relation to the agreement is also explained below.
In addition, the UNFCCC secretariat has prepared a legal version of these steps for readers who require the important, detailed formal wording and terminology that relates to this major international agreement.
The authentic English text of the Paris Agreement is found here on the UNFCCC website. Read more