Today’s map comes from the World Resources Institute, which runs the ever helpful “Paris Agreement Tracker” that shows which countries, to data, have signed and ratified the Paris Climate Agreement ...

The U.S. now joins Syria and Nicaragua in being the only countries to reject the deal. With the country now at odds with the rest of the world on such a key issue, the diplomatic fallout is likely ...

In the Paris Agreement, countries agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and do their best to keep it below 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), compared ...

The Paris Agreement, which entered force in 2016 with unprecedented global support, calls for countries to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with voluntary targets.

As the world grapples with how to tackle climate change, countries that signed the Paris Agreement outline their commitments ...

The Paris Agreement process seems to be working … at least for now. Let’s refresh how the main process of the Paris Agreement is supposed to work . Every few years, each country makes a new ...

In 2016, more than 175 countries signed on to an ambitious and entirely necessary plan designed to save the planet. The Paris Climate Agreement, made as part of the United Nations Framework ...

The Paris Agreement requires countries to review and increase the ambition stated in their national climate plan every 5 years. To keep 1.5ºC within reach, countries now need to set more ambitious ...

In 2015, more than 190 countries gathered at a United Nations climate summit in Paris and approved what became known as the Paris Agreement, or the Paris Climate Accord, to limit global warming to ...

In 1997, the UNFCCC signatories concluded the Kyoto Protocol, which introduced the first-ever legally binding emissions reduction target for developed countries, which expired in 2020. Through the ...

The U.S. was an architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which requires the 195 countries that signed it to submit national plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and provide updates about their ...