Press Release: Council statement on the ratification of the Paris Agreement

The Council of the European Union adopted on 20 June 2016 a statement on the ratification of the Paris Agreement, the global legally-binding agreement on climate change adopted in December 2015.

Media reported later in the year that the inability of the member states to agree on an effort-sharing deal could delay the ratification of the Paris Agreement until late 2017.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Environment Council, 20 June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/environment-council-20-june-2016/

ESO: Background information: Climate Action: EU prepares the way for a quick ratification of Paris Agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-climate-action-eu-prepares-the-way-for-a-quick-ratification-of-paris-agreement/

EurActiv, 21.06.16: Environment ministers fear the Paris Agreement will come into force without the EU http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/environment-ministers-fear-the-paris-agreement-will-come-into-force-without-the-eu/

EurActiv, 05.09.16: US and China ratify Paris climate pact, leaving EU behind http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/us-and-china-ratify-paris-climate-pact-leaving-eu-behind/

EurActiv, 07.09.16: Once the driving force of climate action, the EU has fallen behind http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/once-the-driving-force-of-climate-action-the-eu-has-fallen-behind/

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