Adoption of the Paris Agreement - Proposal by the President - Draft decision-/CP.21

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Official decision text of the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-first session, concerning the Adoption of the Paris Agreement. It follows the Durban Platform decision structure and recalls key provisions of the Convention while emphasizing urgency to address climate change and the need to accelerate mitigation. The agreement outlines adoption and procedural steps, including opening the instrument for signature, inviting Parties to sign and deposit ratification instruments, and noting provisional application. It also establishes the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement and tasks it for entry into force and future sessions.

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Adoption

Decides to adopt the Paris Agreement

Signature, deposit, and provisional application

Establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement

United Nations FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1 + Distr.: Limited 12 December 2015 Original: English Conference of the Parties Twenty-first session Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015 Agenda item 4(b) Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) Adoption of a protocol, another legal instrument, or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties ADOPTION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT Proposal by the President Draft decision-/CP.21 The Conference of the Parties, Recalling decision 1/CP.17 on the establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, Also recalling Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention, Further recalling relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties, including decisions 1/CP. 16, 2/CP. 18, 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20, Welcoming the adoption of United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1,“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in particular its goal 13, and the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the third International Conference on Financing for Development and the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries, and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, Also recognizing that deep reductions in global emissions will be required in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the Convention and emphasizing the need for urgency in addressing climate change, Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, GE.15-21932(E) *1521932* local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity, Also acknowledging the specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from the impact of the implementation of response measures and, in this regard, decisions 5/CP.7, 1/CP.10, 1/CP.16 and 8/CP.17, Emphasizing with serious concern the urgent need to address the significant gap between the aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation pledges in terms of global annual emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate emission pathways consistent withholding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, Also emphasizing that enhanced pre‐2020 ambition can lay a solid foundation for enhanced post‐2020 ambition, Stressing the urgency of accelerating the implementation of the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol in order to enhance pre-2020 ambition, Recognizing the urgent need to enhance the provision of finance, technology and capacity-building support by developed country Parties, in a predictable manner, to enable enhanced pre-2020 action by developing country Parties, Emphasizing the enduring benefits of ambitious and early action, including major reductions in the cost of future mitigation and adaptation efforts, Acknowledging the need to promote universal access to sustainable energy in developing countries, in particular in Africa, through the enhanced deployment of renewable energy, Agreeing to uphold and promote regional and international cooperation in order to mobilize stronger and more ambitious climate action by all Parties and non-Party stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, financial institutions, cities and other

FAQs

What is the main purpose of this draft decision?/CP.21 text?

It provides the Conference of the Parties’ decision to adopt the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC and sets out related procedural steps.

How does the text address signature and deposit of instruments?

It requests the UN Secretary-General to serve as Depositary and opens the Agreement for signature from 22 April 2016 to 21 April 2017, inviting Parties to sign and deposit their instruments as soon as possible.

What does the decision establish regarding future work?

It establishes an Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement and tasks it to prepare for entry into force and the first session, as well as to oversee implementation of the work programme from related requests.

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