List of parties to the Paris Agreement

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Parties to the Paris Agreement
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Parties to the Paris Agreement
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The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. The Agreement aims to respond to the global climate change threat 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. [1]

Contents

History

The language of the agreement was negotiated by representatives of 197 parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Paris and adopted by consensus on 12 December 2015. [2] [3] [4] The Agreement was open for signature by States and regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the UNFCCC (the Convention) from 22 April 2016 to 21 April 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York. [5] The agreement stated that it would enter into force (and thus become fully effective) only if 55 countries that produce at least 55% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (according to a list produced in 2015) [6] ratify, accept, approve or accede to the agreement. [7] [8] On 1 April 2016, the United States and China, which together represent almost 40% of global emissions, issued a joint statement confirming that both countries would sign the Paris Climate Agreement. [9] [10] 175 Parties (174 states and the European Union) signed the agreement on the first date it was open for signature. [11] [12] On the same day, more than 20 countries issued a statement of their intent to join as soon as possible with a view to joining in 2016. With ratification by the European Union, the Agreement obtained enough parties to enter into effect as of 4 November 2016.

Parties

As of February 2023, 194 states and the EU, representing over 98% of global greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified or acceded to the Agreement, including China and the United States, the countries with the first and second largest CO2 emissions among UNFCCC members. [13] [14] [15] A further three states have signed the Agreement but not ratified it. All 198 UNFCCC members have either signed or acceded to the Paris Agreement.

Party [13] Percentage of greenhouse
gases for ratification [6]
Date of signatureDate of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accessionDate of entry into force
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 0.05%22 April 201615 February 201717 March 2017
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 0.02%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0.30%22 April 201620 October 201619 November 2016
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 0.00%22 April 201624 March 201723 April 2017
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0.17%22 April 201616 November 202016 December 2020
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0.89%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0.02%20 September 201623 March 201722 April 2017
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1.46%22 April 20169 November 20169 December 2016
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [a] 0.21%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0.13%22 April 20169 January 20178 February 2017
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas, The 0.00%22 April 201622 August 20164 November 2016
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 0.06%22 April 201623 December 201622 January 2017
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0.27%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 0.01%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0.24%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [a] 0.32%22 April 20166 April 20176 May 2017
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 0.02%22 April 201631 October 201630 November 2016
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 0.00%22 April 201619 September 201719 October 2017
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 0.12%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.08%22 April 201616 March 201715 April 2017
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0.02%22 April 201611 November 201611 December 2016
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2.48%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei N/A [b] 22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria [a] 0.15%22 April 201629 November 201629 December 2016
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 0.06%22 April 201611 November 201611 December 2016
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 0.07%22 April 201617 January 201816 February 2018
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 0.03%22 April 20166 February 20178 March 2017
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0.45%22 April 201629 July 20164 November 2016
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.95%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 0.00%22 April 201621 September 201721 October 2017
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 0.01%22 April 201611 October 201610 November 2016
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 0.06%22 April 201612 January 201711 February 2017
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [16] 0.25%20 September 201610 February 201712 March 2017
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [c] 20.09%22 April 20163 September 2016 [14] 4 November 2016
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.41%22 April 201612 July 201811 August 2018
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 0.00%22 April 201623 November 201623 December 2016
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.06%22 April 201613 December 201712 January 2018
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Republic of the 0.01%22 April 201621 April 201721 May 2017
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0.00%24 June 20161 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0.03%22 April 201613 October 201612 November 2016
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 0.73%22 April 201625 October 201624 November 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [a] 0.07%22 April 201624 May 201723 June 2017
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.10%22 April 201628 December 201627 January 2017
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus [a] 0.02%22 April 20164 January 20173 February 2017
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [a] 0.34%22 April 20165 October 20174 November 2017
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [d] [a] 0.15%22 April 20161 November 20161 December 2016
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 0.00%22 April 201611 November 201611 December 2016
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0.07%22 April 201621 September 201721 October 2017
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 0.00%22 April 201616 August 201715 September 2017
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 0.67%26 July 201620 September 201720 October 2017
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0.52%22 April 201629 June 201729 July 2017
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0.03%22 April 201627 March 201726 April 2017
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea N/A [b] 22 April 201630 October 201829 November 2018
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 0.01%22 April 20167 February 20239 March 2023
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia [a] 0.06%22 April 20164 November 20164 December 2016
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 0.05%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 0.13%22 April 20169 March 20178 April 2017
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union N/A [e] 22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0.01%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [a] 0.17%22 April 201614 November 201614 December 2016
Flag of France.svg  France [a] 1.34%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 0.02%22 April 20162 November 20162 December 2016
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia, The 0.05%26 April 20167 November 20167 December 2016
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0.03%22 April 20168 May 20177 June 2017
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [a] 2.56%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0.09%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece [a] 0.28%22 April 201614 October 201613 November 2016
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0.04%22 April 201625 January 201724 February 2017
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0.01%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 0.02%22 April 201622 October 201821 November 2018
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0.01%22 April 201620 May 20164 November 2016
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 0.02%22 April 201631 July 201730 August 2017
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Holy See N/A [f] 4 September 20224 October 2022
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 0.03%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary [a] 0.15%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0.01%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of India.svg  India 4.10%22 April 20162 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1.49%22 April 201631 October 201630 November 2016
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 0.20%8 December 20161 November 20211 December 2021
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland [a] 0.16%22 April 20164 November 20164 December 2016
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0.20%22 April 201622 November 201622 December 2016
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [a] 1.18%22 April 201611 November 201611 December 2016
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.04%22 April 201610 April 201710 May 2017
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3.79%22 April 20168 November 20168 December 2016
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 0.07%22 April 20164 November 20164 December 2016
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0.84%2 August 20166 December 20165 January 2017
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0.06%22 April 201628 December 201627 January 2017
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0.09%22 April 201623 April 201823 May 2018
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 0.03%21 September 201618 February 202019 March 2020
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 0.02%22 April 20167 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia [a] 0.03%22 April 201616 March 201715 April 2017
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 0.07%22 April 20165 February 20206 March 2020
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 0.01%22 April 201620 January 201719 February 2017
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 0.02%22 April 201627 August 201826 September 2018
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 0.00%22 April 201620 September 201720 October 2017
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania [a] 0.05%22 April 20162 February 20174 March 2017
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg [a] 0.03%22 April 20164 November 20164 December 2016
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 0.08%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 0.07%20 September 201629 June 201729 July 2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0.52%22 April 201616 November 201616 December 2016
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0.03%22 April 201623 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta [a] 0.01%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 0.02%22 April 201627 February 201729 March 2017
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.01%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1.70%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 0.00%22 April 201615 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 0.04%21 September 201620 June 201720 July 2017
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 0.00%22 April 201624 October 201623 November 2016
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 0.05%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 0.01%22 April 201620 December 201719 January 2018
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0.16%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 0.02%22 April 20164 June 20184 July 2018
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 0.10%22 April 201619 September 201719 October 2017
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.01%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 0.07%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [g] [a] 0.53%22 April 201628 July 201727 August 2017
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [h] 0.22%22 April 20164 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0.03%23 October 201722 November 2017
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0.04%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0.57%22 September 201616 May 201715 June 2017
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 0.01%28 October 201628 October 201627 November 2016
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0.23%22 April 20161 August 20164 November 2016
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 0.03%22 April 20169 January 20188 February 2018
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0.14%22 April 201620 June 20164 November 2016
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 0.06%22 April 201622 May 201921 June 2019
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0.43%22 April 201610 November 201610 December 2016
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine N/A [f] 22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 0.03%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0.01%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 0.06%22 April 201614 October 201613 November 2016
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0.22%22 April 201625 July 20164 November 2016
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0.34%22 April 201623 March 201722 April 2017
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland [a] 1.06%22 April 20167 October 20166 November 2016
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [a] 0.18%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0.17%22 April 201623 June 201723 July 2017
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania [a] 0.30%22 April 20161 June 20171 July 2017
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.53%22 April 20167 October 20196 November 2019
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 0.02%22 April 20166 October 20165 November 2016
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%22 April 201629 June 20164 November 2016
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 0.00%22 April 201626 September 201826 October 2018
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.00%22 April 20162 November 20162 December 2016
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 0.80%3 November 20163 November 20163 December 2016
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0.05%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0.18%22 April 201625 July 201724 August 2017
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 0.00%25 April 201629 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 0.98% [i] 22 September 20161 November 20161 December 2016
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 0.13%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia [a] 0.12%22 April 20165 October 20164 November 2016
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia [a] 0.05%22 April 201616 December 201615 January 2017
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia N/A [b] 22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1.46%22 April 20161 November 20161 December 2016
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1.85%22 April 20163 November 20163 December 2016
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan N/A [b] 22 April 201623 February 202125 March 2021
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [a] 0.87%22 April 201612 January 201711 February 2017
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0.05%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 0.18%22 April 20162 August 20171 September 2017
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 0.01%22 April 201613 February 201915 March 2019
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [a] 0.15%22 April 201613 October 201612 November 2016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 0.14%22 April 20166 October 20175 November 2017
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria 0.21%13 November 201713 December 2017
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 0.11%22 April 201618 May 201817 June 2018
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 0.02%22 April 201622 March 201721 April 2017
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0.64%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 0.02%19 September 201628 June 201728 July 2017
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0.04%22 April 201622 February 201824 March 2018
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0.11%22 April 201610 February 201712 March 2017
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1.24%22 April 201611 October 202110 November 2021
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 0.20%23 September 201620 October 201619 November 2016
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 0.00%22 April 201622 April 20164 November 2016
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0.07%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1.04%22 April 201619 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0.53%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1.55%22 April 201618 November 201618 December 2016
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.89%22 April 20163 September 20164 November 2016 [j]
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0.05%22 April 201619 October 201618 November 2016
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0.54%19 April 20179 November 20189 December 2018
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0.00%22 April 201621 September 20164 November 2016
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0.52%22 April 201621 July 201720 August 2017
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0.72%22 April 20163 November 20163 December 2016
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0.04%20 September 20169 December 20168 January 2017
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0.18%22 April 20167 August 20176 September 2017
Total98.63% [6] 195 [13]

European Union and its member states

Both the EU and its member states are individually responsible for ratifying the Paris Agreement. A strong preference was reported that the EU and its 28 member states deposit their instruments of ratification at the same time to ensure that neither the EU nor its member states engage themselves to fulfilling obligations that strictly belong to the other, [25] and there were fears that disagreement over each individual member state's share of the EU-wide reduction target, as well as Britain's vote to leave the EU might delay the Paris pact. [26] However, the European Parliament approved ratification of the Paris Agreement on 4 October 2016, [27] and the EU deposited its instruments of ratification on 5 October 2016, along with several individual EU member states. [26]

Sub-national territories

Some sub-national territories of parties are subject to a territorial exclusion from their sovereign state that is party to the Agreement. The party can then extend the ratification of the Agreement to said territory. While the UK did not make any declaration upon ratification, it did so in National Communications, last in its 8th NC in 2022. [28] The militarily used British Indian Ocean Territory is not mentioned as being excluded.

PartyTerritoryDate of ExclusionDate of ApprovalDate of entry into force
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 2016-11-01 [29] 2024-07-02 [29] N/A
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 2022-04-16 [30] 2016-04-22 [31]
(signed, not ratified)
N/A
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2022-04-16 [32] N/AN/A
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 2022-04-16 [30] N/AN/A
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten 2022-04-16 [30] N/AN/A
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Tokelau.svg  Tokelau  2016-10-04 [33] 2017-11-13 [34] N/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man N/A2023-03-22 [35] [36] N/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar N/A2022-10-03 [37] N/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey N/A2022-04-29 [38] N/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey N/A2023-12-06 [39] N/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg  Pitcairn Islands N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia N/AN/AN/A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands N/AN/AN/A

Withdrawal from Agreement

Article 28 of the agreement enables parties to withdraw from the agreement after sending a withdrawal notification to the depositary, but notice can be given no earlier than three years after the agreement goes into force for the country. Withdrawal is effective one year after the depositary is notified. Alternatively, the Agreement stipulates that withdrawal from the UNFCCC, under which the Paris Agreement was adopted, would also withdraw the state from the Paris Agreement. The conditions for withdrawal from the UNFCCC are the same as for the Paris Agreement. In the agreement no provisions for non compliance are stated.

On 1 June 2017, then-US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the agreement. [40] Since the agreement entered into force in the United States on 4 November 2016, the earliest possible date it could notify its intention to withdraw was 4 November 2019. [41] [42] If it had chosen to withdraw by way of withdrawing from the UNFCCC notice could be given immediately, since the UNFCCC entered into force for the US in 1994. In both cases, withdrawal would be effective one year later. According to a memo obtained by HuffPost believed to be written by US State Department legal office, any "attempts to withdraw from the Paris Agreement outside of the above-described withdrawal provisions would be inconsistent with international law and would not be accepted internationally." [43] [44] On August 4, 2017, the Trump administration delivered an official notice to the United Nations that the US intended to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as soon as it was legally eligible to do so. [45] On 4 November 2019, the United States notified the depositary of its withdrawal from the agreement, which became effective one year later. [22]

In one of his first executive actions, President Joe Biden signed an order for the United States to rejoin the agreement. [46] [47] Joe Biden was greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron with a "Welcome back to the Paris Agreement!". [48] On January 20, 2025, shortly after his second inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order titled "Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements", to withdraw the United States from the agreement for a second time. [49]

Signatories

A further three states have signed but not ratified the Paris Agreement.

Signatory [13] Percentage of greenhouse
gases for ratification [6]
Date of signature
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1.30%22 April 2016
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya N/A [b] 22 April 2016
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 0.07%23 September 2016
Total1.38%3

Notes and references

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Also covered by European Union ratification.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Emissions of parties to the UNFCCC that had not yet submitted their first national communication to the UNFCCC secretariat with an emission inventory at the time of adoption of the Paris Agreement were not included in the figure for entry into force of the Agreement. [6]
  3. Including Hong Kong and Macau.
  4. Excluding Greenland. [17]
  5. The emissions of the European Union are accounted for in the total of its individual member states.
  6. 1 2 Emissions of states that were not a party to the UNFCCC at the time of adoption of the Paris Agreement, [20] which were thus not permitted to sign the Agreement, were not included in the totals for entry into force for the Agreement.
  7. For the European Part of the Netherlands.
  8. Extended to Tokelau on 13 November 2017 [18] after initially excluding it. [19]
  9. Though corresponding with the source the provided number for Sierra Leone's emissions is incorrect. According to World Bank data, the correct 2000 emissions for Sierra Leone is 14,763 kt CO2-equivalents (not 365,107 kt), or 0.04% of the world total (not 0.98%). [21]
  10. Not a party between 4 November 2020 and 19 February 2021. The United States gave notice of its denunciation of the agreement on 4 November 2019, which came into effect on 4 November 2020. [22] It accepted the agreement again on 20 January 2021, with entry into force again on 19 February 2021. [23] On 27 January 2025 the United States again gave notice of its withdrawal from the agreement, which will be effective 27 January 2026. [24]

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