The Paris Agreement: Main Components

The Paris Agreement is not yet sufficient to address the threat of climate change, and global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, threatening more severe and disruptive weather including storms, flooding, heatwaves and droughts. However, the strength of the treaty lies in its inclusiveness, its repeating cycle of increasing ambition, its ability to channel finance to sustainable development and its flexible mechanisms that encourage innovation that will help to power the global clean energy transition.

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The amount of atmospheric CO2 has charted a steady climb higher. The Mauna Loa Observatory on the north flank of volcano of the same name
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Nationally Determined Contributions: the national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions submitted by each country voluntarily under the Paris Agreement.

30 June 2026

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Carbon Crunch: What to Expect from the Coming EU ETS Review

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The Life Cycle of a Carbon Credit

Explore how ‘standards’ establish thresholds and benchmarks that help to measure CO2 reductions, avoidances or removals achieved by carbon projects, produced in collaboration with Verra.

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NDCs

Nationally Determined Contributions: the national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions submitted by each country voluntarily under the Paris Agreement.

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