The Paris Agreement was adopted at which climate conference?

Correct answer: COP21. The Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015.

Background: It aims to hold global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.

• COP19: COP19 (Warsaw, 2013) created the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage.
• COP20: COP20 (Lima, 2014) prepared the ground for Paris.
• COP22: COP22 (Marrakesh, 2016) came after Paris.

Did you know? The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016.

Memory trick: Paris 2015 = COP21.