UNFCCC secretariat, RCC Lomé

Andrea Camponogara, Technical officer

THE PARIS AGREEMENT

Overall overview

Dakar, Senegal, 29 February 2016

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Overall overview

An agreement, a global agreement

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Article 2

Increased ambition of the long term goal

2°C 1.5°C zero

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Articles 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13

NDCs

188/196 countries = 95% global GHG emissions

Increasing ambitions, no backsliding possibility

Actions updated every 5 years

Tracking progress

Support, no sanctions

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Articles 5

REDD+

Link to paragraph 4

of UNFCCC

Result-based

payments

The “+” spelled out

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Article 6

Sustainable development mechanism

Voluntary

Cooperative approaches and ITMOs

Real, measurable, long-term, additional ER

Validation and verification

Policies and measures

Share of proceeds

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Article 7

Unprecedented importance

on adaptation

INDCs included adaptation targets and plans

Adaptation on par with mitigation

Country-driven, national

circumstances

Ensuring adequate support:

adaptation finance

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Article 8

Loss & damage

Standalone concept, no sub-sector any longer

Permanent the Warsaw International

Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Cooperation to enhance

understanding, actions and

support

No liability or compensation

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Article 9

Financial assistance

Develop countries lead, developing ones

voluntarily

USD 100 billion annually by 2020 through 2025

Transparency

Green investment

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Overall overview

Increased pre-2020 mitigation actions

Into force in 2020

INDCs kick-started long

term planning

Climate finance

Restoration of CDM

demand

Sustainable development

co-benefits

THE PARIS AGREEMENT – Overall overview

Implementation of INDCs MRV

Higher ambitions Collaborative actions

UNFCCC secretariat, RCC Lomé

Andrea Camponogara, Technical officer