Managing climate change

Evaluating the Paris Agreement

For GCSE geography you need to know about attempts to manage climate change through international agreements. This article looks at the effectiveness of the 2015 Paris Agreement, and also considers alternative energy production and improving energy efficiency.

Jack Thompson

In the UK, energy production from renewable sources has increased threefold since 2015

Climate change is a global problem. Greenhouse gases cross international borders and some of the worst-affected countries are lower-income countries (LICs) which hold the least blame for this issue.Scientists agree, a global solution is needed to tackle climate change.

In the past international agreements to limit the effects of climate change have not been very successful but a major initiative was agreed in 2015. It is known as the Paris Agreement. Over 190 countries agreed to cut their carbon emissions with the aim of limiting global temperature increases to below 2°C, and if possible to 1.5°C, thus reducing impacts of climate change.