The World Resources Institute (WRI) has unveiled the Paris Agreement Tracker, an interactive tool which enables people to monitor countries’ progress toward ratifying the Paris Agreement, and allows users to create, share and embed their own combinations for bringing it into force.
The Paris Agreement adopted last December at COP21 at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Countries need to take measures which they are necessary for the Agreement to enter into force. According to WRI, the Paris Agreement will be in full legal force and effect when at least 55 Parties to the UNFCCC that account for at least 55 percent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. At this point in time, it is not possible to accurately predict when this will occur, as it depends on how quickly individual countries are able to complete their domestic approval processes. Once the Agreement enters into force, the first meeting of the Parties to the Agreement will occur in conjunction with the next COP.
”’The Paris Agreement Tracker shows the importance all countries play in bringing this international climate agreement into full effect. April 22 represents the next step in what was started last December. All countries should sign and join the Paris Agreement as soon as they are able to send a strong signal that they’re moving toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient world” says Eliza Northrop, Associate, International Climate Initiative
Please click on the image below to view the interactive tool