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- Negotiating the Paris Agreement
- Negotiating the Paris Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Paris Negotiations: Background and Context
- 3 The French COP 21 Presidency
- 4 Mission: Adoption with Ovations: The Contribution of the UNFCCC Secretariat to the Achievement of the Paris Agreement
- 5 The Paris Agreement and China’s Imprint
- 6 The EU’s Role in the Paris Agreement
- 7 The United States: Interesting Processes and Techniques Lined the Road to Paris
- 8 COP 21 – Complaints and Negotiation: The Role of the Like-Minded Developing Countries Group (LMDC) and the Paris Agreement
- 9 The Staircase of Paris
- 10 The Battle for Small Island Developing States
- 11 The High Ambition Coalition
- 12 The Power of Civil Society
- 13 Business: Creating the Context
- 14 Why Did They Finally Reach Agreement?
- 15 Conclusion: The Landscape of Multilateral Agreement in Paris and Beyond
- Afterword
- Appendix: The Paris Agreement
- References
- Index
Afterword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2021
- Negotiating the Paris Agreement
- Negotiating the Paris Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Paris Negotiations: Background and Context
- 3 The French COP 21 Presidency
- 4 Mission: Adoption with Ovations: The Contribution of the UNFCCC Secretariat to the Achievement of the Paris Agreement
- 5 The Paris Agreement and China’s Imprint
- 6 The EU’s Role in the Paris Agreement
- 7 The United States: Interesting Processes and Techniques Lined the Road to Paris
- 8 COP 21 – Complaints and Negotiation: The Role of the Like-Minded Developing Countries Group (LMDC) and the Paris Agreement
- 9 The Staircase of Paris
- 10 The Battle for Small Island Developing States
- 11 The High Ambition Coalition
- 12 The Power of Civil Society
- 13 Business: Creating the Context
- 14 Why Did They Finally Reach Agreement?
- 15 Conclusion: The Landscape of Multilateral Agreement in Paris and Beyond
- Afterword
- Appendix: The Paris Agreement
- References
- Index
Summary
Five years ago, nations of the world adopted the Paris Agreement, a covenant of hope with the people of the world. It was a remarkable achievement, a milestone for multilateralism – a declaration that humanity could and would stand united and address the most significant threat to its collective future. The excitement arising from its adoption was palpable. After all, history shows that the world succeeds together when the world works together. Multilateralism is how nations, united, cured polio, eradicated smallpox, began to repair the ozone layer and more.
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- Negotiating the Paris AgreementThe Insider Stories, pp. 339 - 341Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021