Article 2: Aims, objectives and principles

Navraj Singh Ghaleigh

doi:10.4337/9781788979191.00011

Article 2: Aims, objectives and principles

Navraj Singh Ghaleigh

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Abstract

This chapter provides a critical commentary of Article 2 of the Paris Agreement which sets the instrument’s key ‘target temperature’ – “well below 2°C” – and provides a novel degree of prominence to climate adaptation and finance. Notwithstanding these welcome innovations, the provision is the product of questionable compromises that may well undermine the core objectives of the entire climate regime.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Subtitle of host publication	A Commentary
Editors	Geert Van Calster, Leonie Reins
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages	73-93
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781788979191
ISBN (Print)	9781788979184
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979191.00011
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2021

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Name	Elgar Commentaries
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing

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climate change
climate law
Paris Agreement
climate constitutionalism
Article 2
temperature target
adaptation
finance
differentiation
credible commitments

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