Paris Agreement A to Z

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty adopted in 2015 that describes how countries will collectively address climate change and its effects. The Paris Agreement App is designed to help climate law and policy makers, campaigners and the general public to better understand the provisions of the Agreement. It includes:
- The complete text of the Paris Agreement, taken from the official source of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty, available on the United Nations Treaty Collection website (Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dec. 12, 2015, T.I.A.S. No. 16-1104.).
- Additional explanations for articles and paragraphs, links and access to further relevant decisions by the Parties to the Agreement, based on a paperback guide published under the umbrella of the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) in March 2020: “Guide to the Paris Agreement”. Authored by Christoph Schwarte, Pascale Bird, Linda Siegele, Anju Sharma and Olivia Tattarletti, experts with decades of first-hand experience in the international climate negotiations. These explanations have been peer reviewed by leading academics and legal practitioners and are regularly updated by LRI following further meetings and decisions by the Parties to the Agreement.
- Links to decisions taken at the UNFCCC climate negotiation sessions, as well as documents published by the UNFCCC on the official UNFCCC website.
- A search option for the LRI database containing over 500 legal advice papers. These legal advice papers have been prepared by legal experts at LRI’s request, however, they cannot be attributed to LRI.

The Paris Agreement A to Z app is supported by IKI, an initiative funded by the German Federal government. However, the views expressed herein are not necessarily those of, or endorsed by IKI, which can accept no responsibility for such views or for any reliance placed on them.

This app is not endorsed by any government entity or by the United Nations. This app provides explanatory information on the Paris Agreement, and is not official United Nations documentation and should not be interpreted as legal advice. The information provided in it is for educational/reference purposes only.

Websites:
- United Nations Treaty Collection website: https://treaties.un.org/pages/viewdetails.aspx?src=treaty&mtdsg_no=xxvii-7-d&chapter=27&clang=_en
- Guide to the Paris Agreement: https://ecbi.org/sites/default/files/Guide%20to%20Paris%20Agreement.pdf
- UNFCCC website: https://unfccc.int/
- LRI Database: https://legalresponse.org/legal-assistance/