• Paris Agreement adopted. It aims:
  • To keep global temperatures "well below" 2.0C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times and "endeavor to limit" them even more, to 1.5C
  • Rich countries should help poorer nations by providing "climate finance" to adapt to climate change and switch to renewable energy.
  • The agreement requires rich nations to maintain a $100bn a year funding pledge beyond 2020.