Paris Climate Agreement Adopted

Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement on 12 December 2015. The agreement set a goal of holding warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees. Countries would submit national climate plans and return to them on a five-year cycle. The adoption concluded the COP21 negotiations in Paris; signing and entry into force followed in 2016.