The Paris Agreement: entry into force
Requirements
- Ratification by 55 parties (of 197 parties to the Convention)
- Representing 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions
EU - 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions
EU ratification
- 12 December 2015: adoption of new agreement on climate change (Paris Agreement)
- 22 April 2016: Paris Agreement open for signature; EU and 175 other countries sign
- 30 September 2016: Council agrees to go ahead with ratification at EU level
- 4 October 2016: European Parliament votes to give consent
- 4 October 2016: Council formally adopts decision on ratification
next steps - 5 October 2016: EU deposits its ratification instruments with the UN
- 7-18 November 2016: COP 22 meeting in Marrakesh