Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Thats why climate scientists are sounding the alarmbecause global efforts under the Paris Agreement to keep warming below those levels are far off track. 2C above the preindustrial average.

Sea Level

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

degree Celsius target set by the Paris Agreement. The scientists call on the leaders of these countries to use their international standing to push world governments to take drastic steps to cut the release of heat-trapping emissions and stay close to the 1.5-degree degrees Celsius.

Climate Scientist

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Countries will submit new commitments, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), required under the Paris Agreement over the coming months. By facilitating a responsible, rapid and just transition to ocean climate solutions like offshore wind, we can empower communities, bolster economies and accelerate decarbonization efforts.

Ocean

A Greener Life

JULY 27, 2025

Delivered by the court’s president, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, the ruling stated that this obligation also includes the target set out in the Paris Agreement of 2015, to limit warming to 1.5 The ICJ refers to the ozone layer treaties, the Biodiversity Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement as examples.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When countries signed the Paris Agreement back in 2015, they agreed to centre equity in how we tackle the climate crisis. At COP29, countries must uphold the commitments made at COP28 and hold themselves accountable for making progress on those goals. This is a matter of justice, not charity. The next round is due in February 2025.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

Most participants agreed that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced and urgent measures must be taken to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. For instance, Germany contended that the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC are the decisive treaties to determine the obligations of States in the context of climate change.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The GST is a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement , designed to periodically gauge collective progress and identify gaps in ambition. The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The GST is a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement , designed to periodically gauge collective progress and identify gaps in ambition. The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Figueres, who famously was one of the key architects in securing the historical agreement that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement, added: “At the last COP, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered representatives of scientific institutions, Indigenous communities, and vulnerable nations.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2025

That is because the law of State responsibility does not, itself, set out the content of “primary” rules, such as the obligations arising for States under the Paris Agreement. While question (b) is the one that speaks directly to the law of State responsibility, the answer to question (a) also has considerable bearing on this issue.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

” During COP29 a series of influential voices including the former head of UNFCCC and one of the key architects of the Paris Agreement called for the COP process to be radically reformed.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

National Climate Targets: Countries agreed under the Paris Agreement to submit stronger national climate commitments (known as “nationally determined contributions,” or NDCs) every five years. At least $1 trillion per year is required to meet the immediate climate needs of developing countries. The next round is due in February 2025.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

In contrast, States such as Japan , Germany , and South Korea emphasized that, while Article 8 of the Paris Agreement recognizes the importance of addressing loss and damage related to the adverse effects of climate change, this provision does not involve or provide a basis for any liability or compensation.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

JUNE 24, 2025

The commitments that each party makes to the Paris agreement. I would argue that one of the reasons why we haven’t made as much progress around adaptation resilience issues is because we never had something on this side of the fence that was comparable to what came out of the Paris agreement. It’s a big one.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

The plaintiffs claimed unlawful interference under the Code of Administrative Justice, given that the government had failed to take mitigation and adaptation measures as required under the Paris Agreement, resulting in harm to the plaintiffs human rights. This shows that national legislation is fundamental.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

However, analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air suggests that, in order to align with Paris Agreement emissions trajectories, China should aim for a minimum 30% reduction in emissions by 2035. The country has so far pledged to peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

2025

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

degrees Celsius soon, meaning the world will most likely fail to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of striving to cap the average temperature increase at 1.5 Even if Earth warms more than that, though, this key aim isn’t a lost cause.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

By Bernice Lee Following the Paris Agreement, corporate enthusiasm for climate action surged, with net-zero commitments and the energy transition taking a central role in both government and business agendas. Resilience offers a forward-looking approach to corporate climate action and energy transition strategy.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While Canada is not required to report exported emissions under the Paris Agreement, there are increasing calls on the federal government to account for them — emphasizing that, when Canada ships emissions abroad, they don’t stay away.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JULY 29, 2025

A small group of States, composed mainly of the world’s dominant fossil fuel producers and consumers, argued that the only applicable international law was the three climate treaties – the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that CDR will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to limit global warming to 1.5

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Shell case, for instance, the Dutch courts upheld the ruling that Shell must act to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. Similarly, even cases that appear to be securing meaningful outcomes often face uncertainties. In the Milieudefensie et al.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The prospect of an incoming Trump administration that has threatened to exit the Paris Agreement and roll back key climate and clean energy policies is deeply concerning, especially against a backdrop of rapidly worsening climate impacts and a continued rise in global heat-trapping emissions.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Like he did in his first presidential term, he will exit the Paris Agreement, but this time around he will be able to execute it much faster. The US only exited the Paris Agreement days after Joe Biden won the 2020 US Presidential Election and swiftly joined it again once Biden was inaugurated in January 2021.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

2025

Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2025

4 of the Paris Agreement. If these projects conflict with the reduction obligations of the respective State in light of the binding 1.5˚C C target, such projects may indeed constitute a violation of the State’s customary no harm obligation or obligations under Art.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2025

The second , Climate Litigation and Human Rights , analyzes how Brazilian courts are interpreting the Paris Agreement and constitutional rights to support stronger climate action, including through international advisory opinions and expanded access to justice.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

Regarding the appropriate target, the IACtHR highlighted the international consensus in the Paris Agreement on a temperature increase of no more than 1.5 °C Regulation includes defining a mitigation target, developing and implementing a rights-based mitigation strategy, and regulating the behavior of businesses.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Rapid and sustained reductions in human-driven methane emissions, which account for about 60% of the total, are critical to limiting warming in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. Rising human and natural emissions have caused methane concentrations in the atmosphere to grow to 2.5

Atmosphere

Inside Climate News

MARCH 3, 2025

The slowdown of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could have 'dire' consequences, including greater climate variability and accelerated global warming.

Ocean

Inside Climate News

JANUARY 9, 2025

International agencies coordinate release of annual climate data to highlight the past years exceptionaland dangerousclimate conditions. By Bob Berwyn Nearly all major global climate datasets agree that, in 2024, human-caused global warming for the first time pushed Earths average surface temperature to more than 1.5

2024

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Trump’s first term, the US became the first nation in the world to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (a decision reversed by Joe Biden in 2021). Under the Paris Agreement , nations agreed to set a new climate finance target by 2025 – a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). billion of the USD 115.9

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

MAY 20, 2025

Only 21 countries had even submitted their updated plans for managing climate change by the 2025 deadline required under the Paris Agreement. is pulling out of the agreement altogether. When the annual U.N. delegation will take up much of the oxygen in the negotiating hall. negotiations are held, not inside.

Rainforest

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Among the slew of executive orders President Trump passed on his first day in office was an order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, another authorizing unlimited oil drilling, and another gutting green initiatives across the country. obligations to the Paris Agreement without Trump. Climate Alliance.

Paris Agreement

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2025

Plans for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) were … Continue reading New UN carbon credit mechanism okays first credits and highlights flaws A new United Nations mechanism for validating high-quality carbon credits has announced its first approval, but carbon experts arent celebrating.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

Significantly, the request invites the Court to also consider the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and other relevant international instruments.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

from the Paris Agreement again. On the one hand, global greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, and the temperature for 2023 is the highest ever recorded. On the other hand, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S.

Paris Agreement