The Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change, based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Rwanda Signed
22 April 2016
Rwanda Ratification
27 September 2016
Submitted Reports
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Rwanda is committed to taking urgent action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. As a Party to the UNFCCC, the country seeks to contribute to the ambitious goal of limiting temperature rise to 2oC with efforts to reach 1.5°C agreed under the Paris Agreement.
In this respect, Rwanda submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC in September 2015, setting out its adaptation and mitigation goals. With the entry into force of the Paris Agreement in November 2016, the INDC became Rwanda’s first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Rwanda’s mitigation contribution takes the form of a reduction in GHG emissions relative to a business-as-usual (BAU) emissions baseline over the period 2015-2030. The contribution, detailed in Rwanda’s updated NDC (or Climate Action Plan) includes two components:
The adaptation component in Rwanda’s updated NDC involves quantified targets for adaptation and resilience, criteria-based evaluation of priority interventions, and the development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for adaptation actions to strengthen national capacity for resource mobilisation that will be instrumental to supporting climate action over the next decade.
Learn more about Rwanda’s Climate Action Plan (NDC) here.
Goal
The Paris Agreement goal is to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach the global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate-neutral world by mid-century.
Key Aspects of Paris Agreement
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