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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ten-years-of-the-paris-agreement-has-the-world-kept-its-climate-promises/
- Published: 2026-11-05T07:41:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T08:23:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/ten-years-of-the-paris-agreement-has-the-world-kept-its-climate-promises?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Climate, Science, World

## Key points

- Paris Agreement policies have helped cut projected warming.
- Emissions and temperatures remain too high for its goals.
- China, the US and India produce over half of annual emissions.

## Summary

The Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 parties in 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016, setting a shared goal of keeping global warming well below 2°C while pursuing a 1.5°C limit. A decade later, it has helped spur climate policies and clean energy growth, but emissions remain near record highs and the world is not on track to meet its goals.

The past three years, 2023 to 2025, were the hottest on record, and the long-term warming average is about 1.4°C. Climate Action Tracker estimates that current policies point to around 2.6°C of warming by 2100, down from 3.6°C in 2015; China, the United States and India now account for more than half of annual global emissions. The treaty requires countries to set and periodically strengthen their own targets, but does not compel them to meet those targets.

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