The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change, adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21. Its main goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
In which place the climate change conference was held in the year 2015 ?
Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2015 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (International Conventions and Agreements on Climate Change (e.g., UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement))
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