The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted in 2015 and covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The agreement provides a durable framework guiding the global effort for decades to come, marking the beginning of a shift towards a net-zero emissions
. It contains procedural and operational articles, and it is implemented via national policy
. The Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century 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
