Paris Rules

The authors conclude that the Katowice Conference successfully delivered most elements required for an implementable Paris Agreement, marking a significant step in multilateral climate diplomacy despite a challenging political context. However, they warn that these procedural achievements are overshadowed by rising global CO2 emissions and current climate pledges that put the earth on a trajectory for a temperature increase exceeding 3 degrees Celsius, risking the failure of the broader effort to combat dangerous climate change.

• The Katowice Conference achieved most of the necessary components to make the Paris Agreement implementable, representing a significant advancement in multilateral climate diplomacy given the difficult negotiation environment.
• Despite the diplomatic progress in Katowice, global CO2 emissions continue to rise, and existing national climate pledges are insufficient to meet Paris temperature limits, potentially leading to a warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Paris Rules. https://www.sei.org/publications/paris-rules/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Paris Rules. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/paris-rules/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019paris, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Paris Rules}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/paris-rules/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }