This historic accord set a global goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. Unlike its predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement was ratified by nearly every country in the world, including the largest past and present emitters...
