The Paris Agreement was signed exactly five years ago on Dec 12, by 196 nations. It was a breakthrough in global climate governance and cooperation, with a target to limit global warming this century to 1.5°C, and at most, to 2°C. As part of this, each signatory country had committed to its own Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce carbon emissions.
However, many countries are not on track to meeting their Paris commitments, and five years on, with more advanced approaches to climate modelling, the data is telling us that global warming is on track to hit 2.8°C, far exceeding the Paris Agreement’s limit of 2°C.