Anna Pérez Catalá

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. This legally binding international treaty aims to keep the global average temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels1. Ten years after its adoption, where do we stand? “There is evidence of progress, but the pace needs to increase significantly,” summarises Anna Pérez Català.

L’Accord de Paris fête ses dix ans. Ce traité international juridiquement contraignant vise à maintenir l’augmentation de la température moyenne mondiale bien en dessous de 2 °C par rapport aux niveaux préindustriels1. 10 ans après son adoption… où en est-on ? « Il y a des preuves de progrès, mais le rythme doit considérablement s’accélérer », résume Anna Pérez Català.

It’s time for national governments to focus on the short-term domestic actions needed to meet their 1.5°C goals, argue Anna Pérez Català, Henri Waisman, Marta Torres Gunfaus and Ariadna Anisimov at IDDRI. Analyses of emissions gaps at a collective and global level won’t be enough, the current purpose of the Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement. The first GST runs from 2021 to 2023 and the process will be repeated every 5 years.