Press Release: Climate Action: Europe readies next steps to implement the Paris Agreement

On 2nd March 2016, the European Commission presented an assessment of the implications for the European Union of the new global climate agreement adopted in Paris in December 2015.

The assessment looked at the next steps in the process and how the Paris Agreement is going to be implemented in the EU. The assessment wass also accompanied by a proposal for the European Union to sign the Paris Agreement.

ESO: Paris Climate Change Conference, November-December 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/paris-climate-change-conference-november-december-2015/

ESO: Background information: Adoption of the Paris Agreement, 12 December 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/adoption-of-the-paris-agreement-proposal-by-the-president/

EurActiv, 15.04.16: UN climate chief: Paris Agreement could take effect ahead of schedule http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/un-climate-chief-paris-agreement-could-take-effect-ahead-of-schedule/

Blog: EP: EPRS, 21.04.16: From Paris To New York: Signing The COP21 Paris Agreement https://epthinktank.eu/2016/04/21/from-paris-to-new-york-signing-the-cop21-paris-agreement/

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