The Long Road Ahead To Meet The Paris Climate Accord’s Goals

Mark Nevitt, associate professor in the College of Law, wrote commentary for Lawfareblog, “What You Need to Know About the New Climate Security Reports.”

In Nevitt’s commentary, he discusses new climate security reports and the current issues with the Paris Climate Accord. ‘The Paris climate agreement binds 190 nations to a process that relies heavily on voluntary reporting without a clear, legally enforceable mechanism. The agreement sets a goal of “limit[ing] the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels” and “holding the increase in global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius.”’