7. d) Paris Agreement

Paris, 12 December 2015

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 4 November 2016, in accordance with article 21(1) . The Agreement enters into force on

the thirtieth day after the date on which at least 55 Parties to the Convention accounting

in total for at least an estimated 55 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions

have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

Note: The Paris Agreement was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties

to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Paris from 30 November to 13 December 2015. In

accordance with its article 20, the Agreement shall be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

from 22 April 2016 until 21 April 2017 by States and regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the

Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The European Union declares that, in accordance with

the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and

in particular Article 191 and Article 192(1) thereof, it is

competent to enter into international agreements, and to

implement the obligations resulting therefrom, which

contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:

- preserving, protecting and improving the quality of

information, on a regular basis on any substantial

modifications in the extent of its competence, in

accordance with Article 20(3) of the Agreement.”

HOLY SEE

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the

name and on behalf of Vatican City State, the Holy See

intends to contribute to the efforts of all States to work

forth in the Paris Agreement, the Holy See declares, for

the avoidance of doubt, that in acceding to the Agreement

only in the name and on behalf of Vatican City State it

commits itself to apply its provisions exclusively within

the Territory of the Vatican City State, as circumscribed

by the Leonine Walls.

mission, reiterates, on behalf of Vatican City State, its

position regarding the term ‘gender’ used in the Preamble

(PP11) and articles 7.5 and 11.2 of the Paris Agreement.

integrated approach that is firmly centered on the human

dignity and integral development of every person.”

INDIA

that, as per its national laws; keeping in view its

development agenda, particularly the eradication of

poverty and provision of basic needs for all its citizens,

coupled with its commitment to following the low carbon

path to progress, and on the assumption of unencumbered

availability of cleaner sources of energy and technologies

Islands declares its understanding that ratification of the

Paris Agreement shall in no way constitute a renunciation

of any rights under any other laws, including international

law, and the communication depositing the Republic's

instrument of ratification shall include a declaration to

this effect for international record;

the Marshall Islands declares that, in light of best

scientific information and assessment on climate change

and its impacts, it considers the emission reduction

and in consideration of the best and most up-to-date

scientific information available and incorporated by the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United

Mexican States understands greenhouse gas emissions to

mean the release into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases

and/or their precursors and aerosols into the atmosphere,

including, where applicable, greenhouse compounds,

within a specific area and during a specific period of time.

MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)

“The Government of the Federated States of

interpreted as derogating from principles of general

international law or any claims or rights concerning

compensation and liability due to the adverse effects of

climate change; and

The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

further declares that, in light of the best available

scientific information and assessments on climate change

and its impacts, it considers the emission reduction

obligations in the Paris Agreement to be inadequate to

prevent a global temperature increase above 1.5 degrees

understanding that the ratification of the Agreement shall

in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights under

international law concerning State responsibility [for] the

adverse effects of climate change.

FURTHER, the Government of Nauru declares that no

provisions in the Agreement can be interpreted as

derogating from the principles of general international

law.

AND FURTHER, the Government of Nauru declares

its understanding that Article 8 and decision 1/CP.21,

NETHERLANDS (KINGDOM OF THE)

“The Kingdom of the Netherlands, for the European

part of the Netherlands, declares in accordance with

Article 14, paragraph 2, of the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change in conjunction with

Article 24 of the Paris Agreement, that it accepts both

means of dispute settlement referred to in that paragraph

as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting one or

both means of dispute settlement.”

NIUE

“The Government of Niue declares its understanding

that acceptance of the Paris Agreement and its application

shall in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights

under international law concerning State responsibility for

provision in the Paris Agreement can be interpreted as

Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels and as a

the Republic of the Philippines that its accession to and

the implementation of the Paris Agreement shall in no

way constitute a renunciation of rights under any local

and international laws or treaties, including those

concerning State responsibility for loss and damage

associated with the adverse effects of climate change;

development objectives and priorities such as sustainable

industrial development, the eradication of poverty and

justice and energy security for all its citizens.”

POLAND

accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the

Agreement, developed country Parties shall provide

financial resources to assist developing country Parties

with respect to both mitigation of climate change and

adaptation to it in continuation of their existing

obligations under the United Nations Framework

use of the Agreement and its mechanisms as tools to

create barriers to sustainable social and economic

development of the Parties to the Convention.

of below 1.5 degree Celsius, such emissions will have

development efforts…”

In the case where this Agreement is ratified by the

United Kingdom and its application extended to the

territory of Gibraltar, Spain wishes to make the following

declaration:

1. Gibraltar is a non-autonomous territory whose

international relations come under the responsibility of

the United Kingdom and which is subject to a

decolonisation process in accordance with the relevant

and exercise exclusively internal competences which have

their origin and their foundation in the distribution and

Kingdom in compliance with its internal legislation, in its

capacity as sovereign State on which the mentioned non-

autonomous territory depends.

3. As a result, the eventual participation of authorities

of Gibraltar in the application of this Agreement will be

understood as carried out exclusively as part of the

internal competences of Gibraltar and cannot be

considered to modify in any way what was established in

the two previous paragraphs.

4. The application of this Agreement to Gibraltar

recalling decisions 26/CP.7, 1/CP.16, 2/CP.17, 1/CP.18

and 21/CP.20 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to

apply the Paris Agreement provisionally as provided for

in paragraph 4 of Decision 1/CP.21.

understanding that acceptance of the aforesaid Paris

Agreement and its provisional application shall in no way

constitute a renunciation of any rights under international

law concerning State responsibility for the adverse effects

of climate change and that no provision in the Paris

Agreement can be interpreted as derogating from

assessment on climate change and its impacts, it considers

the emissions reduction obligations in the aforesaid Paris

temperature stabilisation level at or above 1.5 degrees

Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels and as a