An international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 governments at the COP21 summit in Paris in 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Signatories agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels, and to pursue a goal of 1.5 degrees C.
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9 September 2025
Airbnb’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from its own offices, while indirect emissions come from the energy it consumes, and from upstream and downstream activities associated with its business...
2 September 2026
A mechanism deployed under the EU Emissions Trading System to remove a volume of carbon allowances from circulation in the market.
27 August 2026
In order to ensure the global reduction in GHG emissions, carbon reductions need to be permanent. Permanence is considered when approving a carbon offset project such as avoided deforestation.
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