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Background
Overview
Understanding the foundational international climate agreement, its specific targets, and the scientific rationale behind them is crucial for analyzing global climate policy, India's commitments, and the challenges of climate action. The implications of failing to meet these targets are also highly relevant.
The Paris Agreement is a landmark international treaty adopted in 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global average temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.