# Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 (2015), entered into force 2016

Date: 2015

On 12 December 2015 at COP21, 195 Parties adopted the Paris Agreement, committing to hold the rise in global average temperature to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C. The treaty entered into force on 4 November 2016 and now has 194 Parties.

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

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## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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