We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
- Written by Kate Dooley, Researcher, Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
Three years after the Paris Agreement was struck, we now finally know the rules – or most of them, at least – for its implementation.
The Paris Rulebook, agreed at the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, gives countries a common framework for reporting and reviewing progress towards their climate targets.
Yet the new rules fall short...