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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 (official).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 Syria (2025-).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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