Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises?

Al Jazeera · Marium Ali · 2026-11-05 07:41 UTC

Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short.

Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short.

Ten years ago, the Paris Agreement entered into force, binding nearly every country to a shared goal: to hold global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C (2.7F).

A decade on, the deal has helped drive stronger climate policies and a rapid expansion of clean energy. But emissions remain near record highs, temperatures keep climbing and countries are still far from the cuts needed to keep a 1.5C limit within reach.

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