Section outline
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Topics that will be discussed during the lecture:
- Legal character of the Paris Agreement and its relationship to the UNFCCC.
- Objectives of the Paris Agreement.
- The way in which the Paris Agreement applies the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
- The bottom-up approach of the Paris Agreement comparing to the top-down approach of the Kyoto Protocol.
- Mitigation Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
- Global stocktake.
- The hopes and risks of the Paris Agreement.