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The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, The Paris Agreement

Original Language Title: Par Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Vispārējās konvencijas par klimata pārmaiņām Parīzes nolīgumu

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, article 1 of the Paris agreement. The United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, the Paris Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Paris Agreement) with this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The Paris agreement obligations to coordinate the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry. 3. article. The Paris Agreement shall enter into force for the period specified in article 21 and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the official Edition of the "journal". 4. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put the Paris agreement in English and its translation into Latvian language. The law adopted by the Parliament in 2017 of 2 February. The President r. vējonis Riga 2017. on 8 February, the Paris agreement the parties to this agreement, Being parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention", Pursuan to the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action established by decision 1/CP. 17 of the Conference of the parties to the Convention at its seventeenth session, In pursuit of the objective of the Convention , and being guided by its principles, including the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities of the respectiv, in the light of different national circumstanc, Recognizing the need for an effective and progressive responses to the urgent threat of climate change on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge, also recognizing the specific needs and special circumstanc of developing country Parties , especially those that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change, as provided for in the Convention, Taking full account of the specific needs and special situation of the least developed countries with regard to funding and transfer of technology, Recognizing that parties may be affected not only by climate change, but also by the impacts of the measure taken in response to it of the , Emphasizing the intrinsic relationship that climate change actions, responses and impacts have with equitable access to sustainable development and eradication of poverty, Recognizing the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, Taking into account the imperativ of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordanc with nationally defined development allocation to , Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respectiv is obligation on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous Australians to the peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilit and people in the situation and vulnerabl the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity By Recognizing the importanc of the conservation and enhancement, as appropriate, of sinks and reservoir of the gas have referred to in the Convention of, Noting the importanc of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including ocean, and the protection of biodiversity, recognized by some cultures as Mother Earth, and noting the importanc for some of the concept of "climate justice", when taking action to address climate change , Affirming the importanc of education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and cooperation at all levels on the matters addressed in this agreement, Recognizing the importanc of the engagements of all levels of Government and various actors, in accordanc with respectiv national legislation of parties, in addressing climate change, also recognizing that a sustainable lifestyle and promote sustainable patterns of consumption and production , with developed country Parties taking the lead, play an important role in addressing climate change, have agreed as follows: article 1 For the purpose of this agreement, the definition of led in the article 1 of the Convention shall apply. In addition: (a) "Convention" means the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, adopted in New York on 9 May 1992; (b) "Conference of the parties" means the Conference of the parties to the Convention; (c) "Party" means a Party to this agreement. Article 2 1. This agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the Convention, including its objective, aim to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicat the poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ° C above pre-industrial level and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 ° C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adap to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilienc and low gas emission have development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flow is consistent with a pathway towards low have gas emission and climate-resilient development. 2. This agreement will be implemented to the equity and the reflec principles of common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities of the respectiv, in the light of different national circumstanc. Article 3 As nationally determined contributions to the global response to climate change, all parties with them and communicate the undertak ambitio efforts as defined in articles 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13 with the view to achieving the purpose of this agreement as set out in article 2. The efforts of all parties will be a represen progression over time, while recognizing the need to support developing country Parties for the effective implementation of this agreement. Article 4 1. In order to achieve the long-term goal set temperature out in the article 2, parties aim to reach global peaking of gas emission have as soon as possible, recognizing that peaking will take longer for developing country Parties, and to the reduction of rapid thereafter undertak in accordanc with the best available science, so as to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emission by sources and removal by sinks of have gas in the second half of this century , on the basis of equity, and in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicat is poverty. 2. Each Party shall prepare, communicate and maintain a nationally determined successive contributions that it intends to achieve. Parties shall a domestic measure, pursu mitigations with the aim of achieving the objective of such contributions. 3. Each Party's successive nationally determined the contributions will be a progression beyond represen the Party's then current nationally determined contributions and to its reflec highest possible ambition, reflecting its common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities of the respectiv, in the light of different national circumstanc. 4. the Developed country Parties should continue taking the lead by undertaking economy-wide emission reduction targets for absolute. Developing country Parties should continue enhancing their mitigation efforts, and encouraged them to move over time towards economy-wide emission reduction targets or limitations in the light of different national circumstanc. 5. the support shall be provided to developing country Parties for the implementation of this article, in accordanc with articles 9, 10 and 11, recognizing that enhanced support for developing country Parties will allow for higher ambition in their actions. 6. The least developed countries and small island developing States may prepare and communicate strategies, plans and action for low gas emission have development reflecting their special circumstanc. 7. Mitigation benefits resulting from co-parties ' adaptation actions and/or economic diversification plans can contribute to mitigation outcomes under this article. 8. In communicating their nationally determined contributions, all parties shall provide the information for clarity, transparency and cessary not understanding in accordanc with decision 1/CP. 21 and any relevant decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 9. Each Party shall communicate a nationally determined contributions every five years in accordanc with decision 1/CP. 21 and any relevant decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement and be informed by the outcomes of the global stocktak is referred to in article 14.10. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall consider the common time frames for nationally determined contributions at its first session. 11. A Party may at any time adjust its existing nationally determined contributions with a view to enhancing its level of ambition, in accordanc with guidance adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 12. Nationally determined contributions communicated by the Parties shall be recorded in a public registry maintained by the Secretariat. 13. Parties shall account for their nationally determined contributions. In accounting for emission and removal of anthropogenic òàæó to their nationally determined contributions, Parties shall promote environmental integrity, transparency, accuracy, comparability, consistency and completenes, and ensur the avoidance of double counting, in accordanc with guidance adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 14. In the context of their nationally determined contributions, when recognizing and implementing mitigation actions with respect to their anthropogenic emission and removal, parties should take into account, as appropriate, existing methods and guidance under the Convention, in the light of the provision of paragraph 13 of this article. 15. the Parties shall take into considerations in the implementation of this agreement the concern of parties with economies in most affected by the impacts of response measure, particularly developing country Parties. 16. Parties, including regional economic integration organizations and their member States, that have reached an agreement to act jointly under paragraph 2 of this article shall notify the Secretariat of the terms of that agreement, including the emission level allocated to each Party within the relevant time period, when they communicate their nationally determined contributions. The Secretariat shall in turn inform the parties to the Convention and signator of the terms of that agreement. 17. Each party to such an agreement shall be responsible for its emission level as set out in the agreement referred to in paragraph 16 of this article in accordanc with paragraphs 13 and 14 of this article and articles 13 and 15.18. If parties acting jointly do so in the framework of, and together with, a regional economic integration organization which is itself a Party to this agreement , each member State of that regional economic integration organization individually, and together with the regional economic integration organization shall be responsible for its emission level as set out in the agreement communicated under paragraph 16 of this article in accordanc with paragraphs 13 and 14 of this article and articles 13 and 15.19. All parties should striv formulat and communicate their long-term low have gas emission development strategies mindful of article 2, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities of the respectiv, in the light of different national circumstanc. Article 5 1. Parties should take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sink and reservoir of gas have referred to the axis of the in the article 4, paragraph 1 (d), of the Convention, including Forrest. 2. the parties are encouraged to take action and support the implementations, including through results-based payments, the existing framework as set out in the related guidance and Albert already agreed under the Convention for: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities relating to reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, while reaffirming the importanc of by incentivizing, as appropriate, non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches. Article 6 1. Parties recognize that some parties choose to pursu the voluntary cooperation in the implementation of nationally determined their contributions to allow for higher ambition in their mitigation and adaptation actions and to promote sustainable development and environmental integrity. 2. the Parties shall, where engaging on a voluntary basis in cooperative approaches that involv the use of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes towards nationally determined contributions, promote sustainable development and environmental integrity and transparency of ensur, including in governance, and shall apply robust accounting ensur it, inter alia, for the avoidance of double counting, consistent with the guidance adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 3. The use of internationally transferred to achieve outcomes of mitigations nationally determined contributions under this Agreement shall be voluntary and authorized by participating parties. 4. A mechanism to contribute to the mitigation of have gas emission and support sustainable development is hereby established under the authority and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement for use by Parties on a voluntary basis. It shall be supervised by a body designated by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and shall aim To: (a) promote the mitigation of gas emission will have while fostering sustainable development; (b) It is facilitat incentivize and participation in the mitigations of have gas emission by public and private entities to be authorized by a Party; (c) To contribute to the reduction of the emission levels in the host Party, which will benefit from the resulting reduction in emission mitigation activities that can also be used by another Party to fulfil its nationally determined contributions; and (d) To deliver an overall in the global emission mitigation. 5. Emission reduction of the resulting from the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this article shall not be used to demonstrates achievement of the host Party's nationally determined contributions if used by another Party it demonstrates achievement of its nationally determined contributions. 6. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall ensur that (a) the share of the proceed from activities under the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this article is used to cover administrative expense-as well as to assist developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change to meet the costs of adaptation. 7. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall adop rules, procedures and modalit for the mechanisms referred to in paragraph 4 of this article at its first session. 8. the parties recognize the importanc of integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches being available to assist the parties in the implementation of nationally determined their contributions, in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, in a coordinated and effective manner, including through, inter alia, mitigations, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity-building, as appropriate. These approaches shall aim to: (a) promote mitigation and adaptation ambition; (b) enhance public and private sector participation in the implementation of nationally determined contributions; and (c) enable opportunities for coordination across instruments and relevant institutional arrangements. 9. (A) the framework for the non-market approaches to sustainable development is hereby defined to promote the non-market approaches referred to in paragraph 8 of this article. Article 7 1. Parties hereby establish the global goals on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity and reducing vulnerability, strengthening resilienc to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequat an adaptation response in the context of the temperature referred to in article 30 2.2. Parties recognize that adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with local , subnational, national, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of and makes a contribution to the long-term global response to climate change to protect the people, livelihood and ecosystems, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of those developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change. 3. The adaptation efforts of developing country Parties shall be recognized, in accordanc with the modalit to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement at its first session. 4. the parties recognize that the current need for adaptation is significant and that the greater level of mitigation can reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts, and that the greater adaptation needs can greater adaptation Costa involv. 5. Parties that acknowledg adaptation action should follow a country-driven, participatory and gender-responsiv, fully transparent approach, taking into considerations vulnerabl groups, communities and ecosystems, and should be based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous Australians to the peoples and local knowledge systems, with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental policies and actions , where appropriate. 6. the parties recognize the importanc of and support for international cooperation on adaptation efforts and the importanc of taking into account the needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change. 7. the parties should strengthen their cooperation on enhancing action on adaptation, taking into account the Cancun Adaptation Framework, including with regard to: (a) Sharing information, good practices, experience and lessons learned, including, as appropriate, as these relate to science, planning, policies and implementation in relations to their adaptation actions; (b) Strengthening institutional arrangements, including those under the Convention that serve this agreement, to support the synthesis of relevant information and knowledge, and the provision of technical support and guidance to the parties; (c) Strengthening scientific knowledge on climate, including research, systematic observation of the climate system and early warning systems, in a manner that will inform climate services and supports decision-making; (d) Assisting developing country Parties in identifying effective adaptation practices, adaptation needs, digia, support provided and received for adaptation actions and efforts, and the challenge and the gap, in a manner consistent with encouraging good practices; and (e) Improving the effectiveness and durability of adaptation actions. 8. United Nations specialized organizations and agencies are encouraged to support the efforts of parties to implementations that the actions referred to in paragraph 7 of this article, taking into account the provision of paragraph 5 of this article. 9. Each Party shall, as appropriate, engage in adaptation planning processes and the implementation of actions, including the development or enhancement of relevant plans, policies and/or contributions, which may include: (a) the implementation of adaptation actions, and/or undertaking efforts; (b) the process and formulat implementations that national adaptation plans; (c) the assessment of climate change impacts and vulnerability, with a view to formulating nationally determined prioritized actions, taking into account vulnerabl people, places and ecosystems; (d) Monitoring and evaluating and learning from adaptation plans, policies, programs and actions. and (e) Building the resilienc of socioeconomic and ecological systems, including through economic diversification and sustainable management of natural resources. 10. Each Party should, as appropriate, submit and update periodically an adaptation which may include communication, its allocation, implementation and support needs, plans and actions, without creating any additional burden for developing country Parties. 11. The communications referred to in paragraph 10 adaptation of this article shall, as appropriate, be submitted and updated periodically, as a component of or in conjunction with other communications or documents, including a national adaptation plan, a nationally determined contributions as referred to in article 4, paragraph 2 (a), and/or national communications. 12. The communications referred to in adaptation paragraph 10 of this article shall be recorded in a public registry maintained by the Secretariat. 13. Continuous and enhanced international support shall be provided to developing country Parties for the implementation of paragraphs 7, 9, 10 and 11 of this article, in accordanc with the provision of articles 9, 10 and 11 of 14. The global stocktak is referred to in article 14 shall, inter alia: (a) recognize adaptation efforts of developing country Parties; (b) enhance the implementation of adaptation actions taking into account the adaptation referred to in paragraph 10 of the communications this article; (c) Review the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and support provided for adaptation; and (d) Review the overall progress made in achieving the global goals referred to in paragraph 1 on the adaptation of this article. Article 8 1. Parties recognize the importanc of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onse events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage. 2. The Warsaw International Mechanisms for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts shall be subject to the authority and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement and may be enhanced and strengthened, as determined by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 3. the parties should enhance understanding, action and support, including through the Warsaw International Mechanisms, as appropriate, on a cooperative and facilitative basis with respect to the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. 4. Accordingly, areas of cooperation and facilitation to enhance understanding, action and support may include: (a) Early warning systems; (b) Emergency preparedness; (c) the Slow onse events; (d) events that may involv-irreversibl and permanent loss and damage; (e) the comprehensive risk assessment and management; (f) Risk insurance facilities, climate risk pooling and other insurance solutions; (g) Non-economic loss; and (h) of Resilienc communities, livelihood and ecosystems. 5. The Warsaw International Mechanisms shall collaborat with existing bodies and expert groups under the agreement, as well as relevant organizations and expert bodies outside the agreement. Article 9 1. Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties with respect to both mitigation and adaptation in the continuation of their existing obligation under the Convention. 2. Other parties are encouraged to provide or continue to provide such support voluntarily. 3. As part of a global effort, developed country Parties should continue to take the lead in a mobilizing climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels, noting the significant role of public funds, through a variety of actions, including supporting country-driven strategies, and taking into account the needs of developing country Parties and to kesko. Such mobilizations of climate finance should be a represen progression beyond previous efforts. 4. The provision of scaled-up financial resources should aim to achieve a balance between adaptation and mitigation, taking into account country-driven strategies, and the allocation and needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change and have significant capacity constraint, such as the least developed countries and small island developing States, considering the need for publication and grant-based resources for adaptation. 5. Developed country Parties shall communicate the quantitativ indicativ biennially and qualitativ information related to paragraphs 1 and 3 of this article, as applicable, including, as available, the projected level of public financial resources to be provided to developing country Parties. Other parties providing resources is encouraged to communicate with such information on a voluntary basis biennially. 6. The global stocktak is referred to in article 14 shall take into account the relevant information provided by developed country Parties and/or agreement bodies on efforts related to climate finance. 7. Developed country Parties shall provide transparent and consistent information on support for developing country Parties and mobilized through public interventions provided biennially in accordanc with the modalit, procedures and guidelines to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, at its first session, as stipulated in article 13, paragraph 13. Others are encouraged the parties do so. 8. The Financial Mechanism of the Convention, including its operating entities, shall serve as the financial mechanism of this agreement. 9. The institutions serving this agreement, including the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism to the of the Convention, shall aim to ensur the efficient access to financial resources through simplified approval procedure and enhanced readiness support for developing country Parties, in particular for the least developed countries and small island developing States, in the context of their national climate strategies and plans. Article 10 1. Parties share a long-term vision on the importanc of fully realizing technology development and transfer in order to improve resilienc to climate change and to reduce gas emission have. 2. the parties, noting the importanc of technology for the implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions under this agreement and recognizing existing technology deployment and dissemination efforts, shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. 3. The Technology Mechanism established under the Convention shall serve this agreement. 4. A technology framework is hereby established to provide overarching guidance to the work of the Mechanisms in promoting and facilitating Technology for enhanced action on technology development and transfer in order to support the implementation of this agreement, in pursuit of the long-term vision "referred to in paragraph 1 of this article. 5. encouraging and enabling innovation, Accelerating the is critical for an effective, long-term global response to climate change and promoting economic growth and sustainable development. Such effort shall be, as appropriate, supported by the Technology, including Mechanisms and, through financial means, by the Financial Mechanism of the Convention, for collaborative approaches to research and development, and facilitating access to technology, in particular for the early stage of the technology cycle, the developing country Parties. 6. Support, including financial support, shall be provided to developing country Parties for the implementation of this article, including for strengthening cooperative action on technology development and transfer at different stage of the technology cycle, with a view to achieving a balance between support for mitigation and adaptation. The global stocktak is referred to in article 14 shall take into account the available information on efforts related to support on technology development and transfer for developing country Parties. Article 11 1. Capacity-building under this agreement should enhance the capacity and ability of developing country Parties, in particular countries with the least capacity, such as the least developed countries, and those that are particularly vulnerabl to the adverse effects of climate change, such as small island developing States, to take effective action, climate change including, inter alia, the adaptation and mitigation actions implementations , and should a facilitat technology development, dissemination and deployment, access to climate finance, relevant aspects of education, training and public awareness, and the transparent, timely and accurate communication of information. 2. Capacity-building should be country-driven, based on national needs and responsiv to foster country ownership, and of the parties, in particular, for developing country Parties, including at the national, subnational and local levels. Capacity-building should be guided by lessons learned, including those from capacity-building activities under the Convention, and should be an effective, iterativ process that is participatory, cross-cutting and gender-responsiv. 3. All parties should cooperate to enhance the capacity of developing country Parties to implementations that this agreement. Developed country Parties should enhance support for capacity-building in developing country Parties on the actions. 4. All parties enhancing the capacity of developing country Parties to implementations that this agreement, including through regional, bilateral and multilaterals approaches, shall regularly communicate on these actions or measure on capacity-building. Developing country Parties should regularly communicate progress made on implementing capacity-building plans, policies, actions or measure it implementations that this agreement. 5. Capacity-building activities shall be enhanced through appropriate institutional arrangements to support the implementation of this agreement, including the appropriate institutional arrangements established under the Convention is that serve this agreement. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall, at its first session, consider and adop a decision on the initial institutional arrangements for capacity-building. Article 12 the Parties shall cooperate in taking measure, as appropriate, to enhance climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information, recognizing the importanc of these steps with respect to enhancing actions under this agreement. Article 13 1. In order to build mutual trust and confidence and to promote effective implementation, enhanced transparency framework for United Nations action and support, with a built-in flexibility which takes into account the parties ' different capacities and builds upon a collective experience is hereby established. 2. The transparency framework shall provide flexibility in the implementation of the provision of this article to those developing country Parties that need it in the light of their capacities. The modalit, procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 13 of this article shall be reflec such flexibility. 3. The transparency framework shall build on and enhance the transparency of the arrangements under the Convention, recognizing the special circumstanc of the least developed countries and small island developing States, and be implemented in a facilitative, non-intrusive, non-punitiv of the national sovereignty of manner, respectful, and avoid placing a burden on parties undu. 4. The transparency arrangements under the Convention, including national communications, biennial reports and biennial update reports, international assessment and review and international consultation and analysis, shall form part of the experience drawn upon for the development of the modalit, procedures and guidelines under paragraph 13 of this article. 5. The purpose of the framework for the transparency of the action is to provide a clear understanding of climate change action in the light of the objective of the Convention as set out in its article 2, including clarity and tracking of progress towards achieving parties ' individual contributions nationally determined under article 4, and the parties ' adaptation actions under article 7, including good practices , kesko, the needs and the gap, it informs the global stocktak is under article 14.6. The purpose of the framework for the transparency of support is to provide clarity on the support provided and received by the relevant individual parties in the context of climate change actions under articles 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and, to the exten to possible, it provides a full overview of aggregate financial support provided by the global stocktak of the notified under article 7, Each Party 14. shall regularly provide the following information : (a) A national inventory report of anthropogenic emission by sources and removal by sinks of have gas, prepared using good practice accepted by the Intergovernmental methodolog to Panel on climate change and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement; and (b) Information to track progress without cessary made in implementing and achieving it is nationally determined contributions under article 4.8. Each Party should also provide information related to climate change impacts and adaptation under article 7, as appropriate. 9. Developed country Parties shall, and other parties that provide support, should provide information on financial, technology transfer and capacity-building support provided to developing country Parties under articles 9, 10 and 11.10. Developing country Parties should provide information on financial, technology transfer and capacity-building support needed and received under Articles 9, 10 and 11.11. Information submitted by each Party under paragraphs 7 and 9 of this article shall (a) review of technical expert underg, in accordanc with decision 1/CP. 21. For those developing country Parties that need it in the light of their capacities, the review process shall include assistance in identifying capacity-building needs. In addition, each Party shall participat in a facilitative, multilaterals, considerations of progress with respect to efforts under article 9, and it is the implementation and achievement of respectiv its nationally determined contributions. 12. The technical expert review under this paragraph shall be consis of a considerations of the Party's support provided, as relevant, and its implementation and achievement of its nationally determined contributions. The review shall also identify areas of improvement for the Party, and include a review of the consistency of the information with the modalit, procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 13 of this article, taking into account the flexibility accorded to the Party under paragraph 2 of this article. The review shall pay particular attention to the respectiv national capabilities and of developing country Parties circumstanc. 13. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall, at its first session, building on experience from the arrangements related to transparency under the Convention, and elaborating on the provision in the article, a common procedure to adop modalit and guidelines, as appropriate, for the transparency of actions and support. 14. the support shall be provided to developing countries for the implementation of this article. 15. Support shall also be provided for the building of capacity of developing country the transparency-related parties on a continuous basis. Article 14 1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall periodically take stock of the implementation of this agreement to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of this agreement and its long-term goals (referred to as the "global stocktak"). It shall do so in a comprehensive and facilitative manner, considering mitigation, adaptation and the means of implementation and support, and in the light of equity and the best available science. 2. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall be undertak it first global stocktak in 2023 and every five years thereafter unless otherwise decided by the by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 3. The outcomes of the global stocktak of the notified parties shall in updating and enhancing, in a nationally determined manner, their actions and support in accordanc with the relevant provision of this agreement, as well as in enhancing international cooperation for climate action. Article 15 1.-implementation of A mechanism to facilitat and promote compliance with the provision of this agreement is hereby established. 2. The mechanism referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be consis of a Committee that shall be expert-based and facilitative in nature and function in a manner that is transparent, non-adversarial and non-punitiv. The Committee shall pay particular attention to the respectiv national capabilities and circumstanc of parties. 3. The Committee shall operate under the modalit of and procedures adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement at its first session and report annually to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. Article 16 1. The Conference of the parties, the supreme body of the Convention, shall serve as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 2. the parties to the Convention that are not parties to this agreement may participat as observer in the proceedings of any session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. When the Conference of the Parties to serve as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, decision under this Agreement shall be taken only by those that are parties to this agreement. 3. When the Conference of the Parties to serve as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, any member of the Bureau of the Conference of the parties representing a Party to the Convention but, at that time, not a Party to this agreement, shall be replaced by an additional member to be elected by and from the parties it amongs this agreement. 4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall keep under regular review the implementation of this agreement and shall make, within its mandate, the decision not to promote its cessary effective implementation. It shall perform the functions assigned to it by this agreement and shall: (a) Establish such subsidiary bodies as deemed not cessary for the implementation of this agreement; and (b) exercise such other functions as may be required for the implementation of this agreement. 5. The rules of procedure of the Conference of the parties and the financial procedures applied under the Convention shall be applied mutatis mutandis under this agreement, except as may be otherwise decided by consensus by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 6. The first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall be convened by the Secretariat in conjunction with the first session of the Conference of the parties that is scheduled after the date of entry into force of this agreement. Subsequent ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall be held in conjunction with ordinary sessions of the Conference of the parties, unless otherwise decided by the by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 7. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall be held at such other times as may be deemed by the cessary not Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being communicated to the parties by the Secretariat it is supported by at least one third of the parties. 8. The United Nations and its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State member thereof or the observer is to the theret note party Convention, may be represented at sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement as the observer. Any body or agency, national or international, governmental or whethers non-governmental, which is qualified in matters covered by this agreement and which has informed the Secretariat of its wish to be represented at a session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement as an observer, may be so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The participation of the observer in the admissions and shall be subject to the rules of procedure referred to in paragraph 5 of this article. Article 17 1. The secretariat established by article 8 of the Convention shall serve as the Secretariat of this agreement. 2. Article 8, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the functions of the Secretariat, and article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention, on the arrangements made for the functioning of the Secretariat, shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. The Secretariat shall, in addition, exercise the functions assigned to it under this agreement and by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. Article 18 1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation established by articles 9 and 10 of the Convention shall serve, respectively, as the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation of this agreement. The provision of the Convention relating to the functioning of these two bodies shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. Sessions of the meetings of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation of this Agreement shall be held in conjunction with the meetings of the Subsidiary Body, respectively, for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation of the Convention. 2. the parties to the Convention that are not parties to this agreement may participat as observer in the proceedings of any session of the subsidiary bodies. When the subsidiary bodies serve as the subsidiary bodies of this agreement, the decision under this Agreement shall be taken only by those that are parties to this agreement. 3. When the subsidiary bodies established by articles 9 and 10 of the Convention exercise their functions with regard to matters concerning this agreement, or any member of the bureaux of those subsidiary bodies representing a Party to the Convention but, at that time, not a Party to this agreement, shall be replaced by an additional member to be elected by and from the parties it amongs this agreement. Article 19 1. Subsidiary bodies or other institutional arrangements established by the Convention, or under the other than those referred to in this agreement, this Agreement shall serve upon a decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall specify the function to be exercised by such subsidiary bodies or arrangements. 2. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to this agreement may provide further guidance to such subsidiary bodies and institutional arrangements. Article 20 1. This agreement shall be open for signature and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations that are parties to the Convention. It shall be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 April to 21 April 2016, 2017. Thereafter, this Agreement shall be open for accession from the day following the date on which it is closed for signature. The instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. 2. Any regional economic integration organizations that become a Party to this agreement without any of its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under this agreement. In the case of regional economic integration organizations with one or more member States that are parties to this agreement, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respectiv has responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this agreement. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under this agreement concurrently. 3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare the exten of their competence with respect to the matters governed by this agreement. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who shall in turn inform the parties, of any substantial modification in the exten of their competence. Article 21 1. This agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date on which at least 55 parties to the Convention accounting in total for at least an estimated 55 per cent of the total global gas emission have deposited their instruments have of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. Solely for the limited purpose of paragraph 1 of this article, "total global have gas emission" means the most up-to-date amount communicated on or before the date of adoption of this agreement by the parties to the Convention. 3. For each State or regional economic integration organizations that accept or approve ratif, of this agreement or accede after the condition of the theret set out in paragraph 1 of this article for entry into force have been fulfilled, this Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of ratification acceptance, approval or accession,. 4. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by its member States. Article 22 the provision of article 15 of the Convention on the adoption of amendments to the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. Article 23 1. The provision of article 16 of the Convention on the adoption and amendment of the annex to the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. 2. the Annex to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof and, unless otherwise expressly provided for, in a reference to the agreement of the constitut at the same time a reference to any of the annexe theret. Such annex shall be restricted to the lists, the form and any other material of a descriptive nature that is of a scientific, technical, procedural of or administrative character. Article 24 the provision of article 14 of the Convention on the settlement of the dispute shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. Article 25 1. Each Party shall have one vote, except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this article. 2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States that are parties to this agreement. Such an the Organization shall not exercise its right to vote if any of its member States exercises its right, and vice versa. Article 26 of the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of this agreement. Article 27 of the reservations may be made to this agreement. Article 28 1. At any time after three years from the date on which this agreement has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from this agreement by giving written notification to the Depositary. 2. Any such withdrawals shall take effect upon expiry of one year from the date of receipt by the Depositary of the notification of withdrawals, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification of withdrawals. 3. Any Party that withdraw from the Convention shall be considered as also having withdrawn from this agreement. Article 29 the original of this agreement, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Done at Paris this twelfth day of December two thousand and fifteen. In WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by the fact that effect, have signed this agreement.   Unofficial translation of the Paris agreement, the parties to this agreement, being the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change ("the Convention") the parties, in accordance with the Durban Enhanced platform for action established by the Conference of the parties to the Convention 17. session decision 1/CP. 17, tiekdam to reach the objectives of the Convention and the guiding principles, including after its equity and common but differentiated responsibility and respective opportunities, taking into account each country's differing circumstances , recognizing that it is efficient and advanced to respond to urgent challenges to the threat of climate change, based on the best available scientific knowledge; Recognizing also the developing country Parties ' specific needs and special circumstances of particular needs and circumstances of the parties, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change adverse impact, as provided for in the Convention; taking fully into account the least-developed countries in particular needs and specific conditions of funding and transfer of technology; Recognizing that the parties can leave the impression not only climate change, but also the effects of the measures taken in response to climate change; Emphasizing that there are indissociable link between climate change policies, response measures and effect, on the one hand, and equal access to the sustainable development and the eradication of poverty, on the other hand; Recognizing that a key priority is to guarantee food security and eradicate hunger and the food production system to the impacts of climate change are particularly vulnerable; take into account that it is critical to upgrading to run fair to labor, and that is to produce a decent job and quality of jobs in accordance with the requirements of national development priorities; aware that climate change is the rūpest of all mankind and that the parties in addressing the challenges of climate change, should respect and support human rights, right to health, indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, people with disabilities and vulnerable persons, the right to development, gender equality, women's rights and equality between the generations, and should take account of its obligations in this regard; Recognizing the importance of duly keep and develop the Convention mentioned greenhouse gas piesaistītājsistēm and storage; mention it, how important it is to ensure the entire ecosystem — including the ocean — integrity and protect biodiversity, which in some cultures is considered mother earth, and revealing that the combating of climate change in the context of some of the important concept of the "climate of the justice"; Reaffirming the importance of education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and cooperation at all levels on matters covered in this agreement; Recognizing the importance of climate change problems are all levels of Government and the involvement of various subjects in accordance with their national legislation; Recognizing also that the importance of the climate change challenge is sustainable lifestyles and sustainable consumption and production patterns, in addition, developed country Parties in this respect, it is necessary to show the leadership, have agreed as follows. Article 1 of this agreement, article 1 of the Convention contained in the definition. In addition: (a) "Convention" means New York, 9 May 1992 adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change; (b) "Conference of the parties" means the Conference of the parties to the Convention; (c) "party" means a party to this agreement. 2. Article 1 this agreement, facilitating implementation of the Convention and its objective, striving to make the world a more face the threat of climate change, sustainable development and poverty eradication in the context of, inter alia: (a) limiting the global average temperature increase below 2 ° C good grades compared to pirmsindustriāl levels and in seeking to curb the increase in temperature up to 1.5 ° C compared with the levels in the pirmsindustriāl, recognizing that this will significantly reduce the risks of climate change and impacts (b) increasing capacity to adapt to climate change, adverse effects and to promote the development of the klimatnoturīb and with low greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to not endanger food production, and (c) financial flows match your proposed course to lower greenhouse gas emissions and the development of klimatnoturīg. 2. this agreement will be implemented fairly and on the basis of common but differentiated responsibility and respective opportunities, taking into account the different circumstances of each country. 3. article to achieve specified in article 2 of this agreement, all parties must undertake to implement and announce ambitious measures, laid down 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 and article 13 — that is, each party's national contribution to the global fight against climate change. Over time, the efforts of all parties, but is still kāpinās recognized that developing country Parties to the effective implementation of this agreement should be supported. 4. Article 1 article 2. to achieve the long-term objective of limiting the rise in temperature, the parties wish to ensure that global greenhouse gas emissions peak occurs as soon as possible, while recognizing that developing country Parties to this joining the emission ceilings will take longer, and that then the emission level is rapidly reduced in accordance with the best available scientific knowledge, thus in the second half of the century, striking a balance between the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from different sources and their attraction to various piesaistītājsistēm, and it will be done in the light of the principle of fairness and of sustainable development and poverty eradication. 2. Each Party shall prepare and maintain, to notify certain national consecutive contribution which it intends to achieve. The Parties shall implement the internal reduction measures in order to achieve the following contribution to goals. 3. Each party's next national contribution will be set higher on this side of the current contribution and be more ambitious as possible in the light of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective opportunities and taking into account the different circumstances of each country. 4. The developed country Parties should continue to show leadership, namely the need to undertake to achieve the emission reduction targets expressed in absolute terms, any economy-wide. Developing country Parties should continue to enhance the mitigation effort, and over time they should move towards emission reduction or limitation target all economic scale, taking into account the different circumstances of each country. 5. Developing country Parties in the implementation of this article shall provide support under 9, 10 and 11, the knowledge that more support for developing country Parties will allow them to handle more ambitious. 6. The least developed countries and small island developing States can prepare and announce the strategies, plans and measures for development with low greenhouse gas emissions, reflecting their specific circumstances. 7. the parties to the implementation Of adaptation measures and/or economic diversification plans resulting mitigation līdzieguvum can help to achieve the reduction results in accordance with this article. 8. Announcing their national contribution, the Parties shall provide all the information necessary to ensure clarity, transparency and comprehensibility in accordance with decision 1/CP. 21 and all the others in this respect, the important decisions adopted by the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 9. Each party determined its national contribution to notify every five years in accordance with decision 1/CP. 21 and all the others in this respect, the important decisions adopted by the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and are aware of article 14 referred to in the global balancing results. 10. The Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, at its first meeting, discusses the national contribution to the common graphics. 11. a party may at any time their specific national contribution to adjust in order to increase its scope in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 12. Parties reported nationally defined contributions are recorded in a public register maintained by the Secretariat. 13. the Parties shall carry out their specific contribution to national records. Accounting for anthropogenic emissions and removals, it corresponds to a defined contribution, the Parties shall promote transparency in the vidisk integrity, accuracy, completeness, comparability and coherence and ensure that do not allow duplicate records, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 14. The parties intentions and implements mitigation measures on the anthropogenic emissions and removals in the context of their national contribution, certain they duly should follow existing guidelines and methods under the Convention, taking into account paragraph 13 of this article. 15. the implementation of this article, the Parties shall take into account the concerns of the parties that the reaction of the economies of the affected most of the measures, in particular developing country parties concerned. 16. the parties, including regional economic integration organizations and their Member States, which have agreed to paragraph 2 of this article to run by doing together on such arrangements, including rules for each party in the relevant time period allocated emission level, inform the Secretariat when its national in certain contribution. The Secretariat shall in turn about this Agreement shall inform the parties and signatories to the Convention. 17. each party to the agreement is responsible for its own level of emissions, provided for in paragraph 16 of this article referred to in the agreement, in accordance with article 13 and 14 and 13 and article 15. 18. If parties concerned together to jointly operate a regional economic integration organization which is itself a party to this agreement, and with it, then that each Member State of a regional economic integration organization individually, and together with a regional economic integration organization is responsible for its own level of emissions is prescribed in accordance with paragraph 16 of this article announced the agreement, pursuant to this article 13 and 14 and 13 and article 15. 19. all parties aim to develop and announce its long-term strategy development with low greenhouse gas emissions, keeping in mind article 2 and noticing common but differentiated responsibility and respective options, taking account of the different circumstances of each country. 1. Article 5 Parties should act so as to duly keep and improve the article 4 of the Convention paragraph 1 (d)) referred to the greenhouse gas storage including piesaistītājsistēm and Woods. 2. the parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support — including the rezultātnoteikt charges — as provided for in the existing framework under the Convention if the relevant guidelines adopted and decisions in such matters: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities related to addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation-induced emissions reduction, and forest conservation and sustainable management and forest carbon stock increases the role of the developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches to integrated and sustainable forest management, at the same time, the importance of duly stimulating this approach extend to carbon-related līdzieguvum. 6. Article 1. the parties recognise that certain parties choose voluntarily cooperate with the national contribution to the implementation, because it gives the opportunity to realize the ambitious of mitigation and adaptation measures and to promote sustainable development and the integrity of the vidisk. 2. If the parties voluntarily involved in the participatory approach to implementation, which provides for the international transfer of the transferred option grant will take place nationally in the devumo, then they contribute to sustainable development and to ensure the integrity and transparency of vidisk, including management level, and uses a large inventory to ensure that, among other things, do not allow duplicate records, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 3. the use of internationally transferred option grant will take place nationally specific contribution to achieving the objectives under the agreement is voluntary and participating Parties approved. 4. the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and management departments with established greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and sustainable development aid mechanism that the parties use on a voluntary basis. It oversees the body, appointed by the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and its purpose is: (a) to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while promoting sustainable development; (b) to stimulate and facilitate a party authorized public and private bodies participation in reducing greenhouse gases; (c) to contribute to the reduction of the emission levels in the host Party, which will produce the benefits of mitigation measures as a result of emission reductions will be achieved, in particular by the national contribution may also be used for the execution of the other party; and (d) achieving the overall global emissions reductions. 5. in paragraph 4 of this article the mechanism referred to in the achieved emission reductions shall not be used to prove that the host Party has reached its national contribution if the national contribution to the attainment of the specific evidence they have already been used by another party. 6. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this Agreement shall ensure that the share of revenue from measures implemented with the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4, be used to cover the administrative costs and to help cover the costs of adaptation in developing countries that are parties to the climate change adverse impacts are especially vulnerable. 7. The Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, at its first meeting, adopt rules, routines and procedures in relation to paragraph 4 of this article the said mechanism. 8. the parties recognise that it is important that the parties would be integrated, holistic and balanced on the market-based approaches that help them to implement their national contribution set for sustainable development and poverty eradication in the context of and in a coordinated and effective manner, inter alia, as appropriate, through such techniques as mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity-building. This approach aims at: (a) increase the mitigation and adaptation efforts, (b) the scope to strengthen public and private sector participation in the implementation of the national contributions and (c) to open up opportunities for coordination between the instruments and the relevant institutional mechanisms. 9. this framework is established on the market-based approaches to sustainable development in order to support paragraph 8 of this article on the market in non-based approach. 1. Article 7 is hereby set a global goal of adaptation, namely the increase in adaptability, to strengthen the resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change in order to promote sustainable development and to provide appropriate adjustment, pursuant to article 2 of the said temperature rises, the objectives of the action. 2. the parties recognise that adaptation is a global task that everyone must be involved in tackling and has local, pavalstisk, national, regional and international aspects, and that adaptation is a necessary element in helping the world and long-term measures against climate change, which are implemented with the aim to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems, taking into account their developing country Parties the urgent and immediate needs of those against climate change adverse impacts are especially vulnerable. 3. Developing countries ' adaptation efforts of the parties in accordance with procedures recognized by the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, adopted at its first session. 4. the parties recognize that currently there is a significant need for adaptation measures, increased mitigation measures that can reduce the need for additional adaptation measures and greater need for adaptation measures can also cause greater adjustment costs. 5. the parties recognize that adaptation measures should be implemented in accordance with the Guide, dzimumlīdztiesīg, participatory and transparent approach, fully taking into account vulnerable groups, communities, and ecosystems, and that they should be based, and to be guided by the best available scientific knowledge and, where appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous knowledge and local knowledge systems for the purpose of adaptation measures duly integrated into the relevant socio-economic and vidisk policy and activities. 6. the parties recognise that an important is support and international cooperation in the field of adaptation and that it is important to take into account the needs of developing country Parties, especially if they are particularly vulnerable to the adverse climate change impacts. 7. The parties should strengthen their cooperation in the development of adaptation measures in the light of the adjustment of the regulatory framework of the Cancún, in particular: (a) to share information, best practices, experiences and lessons learned, including — where appropriate — in relation to science, planning, policy and implementation in the context of adaptation (b) to strengthen institutional mechanisms, including mechanisms provided for in the Convention, which is useful in the implementation of this agreement, and to promote the relevant information and knowledge gathering and parties to provide technical support and guidance (c) develop research, knowledge of the climate, including research, systematic observation of the climate system and the early warning system, so as to provide climatological services and decision making necessary information (d) to assist developing country Parties to identify effective methods of adaptation adaptation needs, priorities, the support for adaptation measures and efforts, problems and shortcomings, and to promote best practices, and (e) improve the impact of adaptation and sustainability. 8. United Nations specialized bodies and agencies are invited to support the parties ' efforts to implement paragraph 7 of this article, these measures in the light of paragraph 5 of this article. 9. Each Party shall, as necessary, engage in adaptation planning and implementation processes, including the plan, policy and/or the development of the contribution or development, and this may include: (a) adaptation measures, commitments and/or efforts, (b) the preparation of national adaptation plan and implementation process, (c) the impact of climate change and the assessment of klimatneaizsargātīb in order to formulate national level by priority arranged measures taking account of vulnerable populations , places and ecosystems, (d) adaptation plans, policies, programmes and measures for monitoring and evaluation, as well as the experience gained in this respect in the collection, and (e) the socio-economic and ecological sustainability of the system, including through economic diversification and sustainable management of natural resources. 10. Each party duly submitted and updated periodically adjustment notice, which may include parties, implementation and support of priority needs, plans and measures, but without causing any additional burdens on developing country Parties. 11. in paragraph 10 of this article, the adjustment referred to in the statement duly submitted and updated periodically, either as part of, or in conjunction with other notices or documents, including the national adaptation plan, article 4, paragraph 2, the national contribution and/or national statement. 12. paragraph 10 of this article, the adjustment referred to in the notice are recorded in a public register maintained by the Secretariat. 13. Developing country Parties provide constant and increased support for this article 7, 9, 10 and 11 in the implementation in accordance with paragraph 9, 10 and 11. 14. in article 14 the global course of balancing among others: (a) recognize developing countries ' adaptation efforts of the parties; (b) improved implementation of measures for adaptation, taking into account paragraph 10 of this article, the adjustment referred to in the notice; (c) examine the adaptation and it provides support for suitability and effectiveness, and (d) assess the overall progress towards the paragraph 1 of this article, the global adjustment mentioned in target. 8. Article 1. the parties recognise that it is important to prevent, minimise and offset all the loss and damage associated with climate change, adverse effects, including extreme weather events and slowly enter events, and that sustainable development has an important role in the loss and injury risk reduction. 2. The Warsaw international climate change damage and injury compensation mechanism, the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and management departments, and can improve and strengthen it, if so determined by the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 3. the parties, in the spirit of promoting participatory and strengthen understanding and aid measures, including, if appropriate, with the Warsaw international mechanism on climate change adverse impacts caused by the loss and damage. 4. This means that the promotion of cooperation and understanding, to strengthen the measures and aid may cover the following areas: (a) early warning systems; (b) emergency preparedness; (c) slowly, a large events; (d) the phenomena that may be connected to a permanent and irreversible loss and damage; (e) the comprehensive risk assessment and management; (f) risk insurance mechanisms, combining climatic risks and other insurance solutions; (g) loss that is not economic losses, and (h) the community, livelihood and ecosystem sustainability. 5. Warsaw international mechanism works with the already existing bodies provided for in the agreement and expert groups, as well as with relevant organizations in this regard and the expert groups outside the framework of this agreement. 9. Article 1. Developed country Parties, it continued to fulfil the commitments laid down in the Convention, to provide financial resources that developing country Parties help mitigation and adaptation. 2. Other parties are encouraged to provide such support to continue to provide on a voluntary basis. 3. in the framework of the global efforts of developed country Parties with various measures, including support for country-led strategies, and taking into account the developing countries ' needs and priorities of the parties should continue to show leadership in climate funding mobilization from different sources, with different instruments and via different channels — noting that it plays an important role in this regard is the public funding. Such a climate financing should mobilization exceed previous efforts. 4. To ensure greater financial resources should, with the aim to strike a balance between adaptation and mitigation, taking into account both the national strategies and move developing countries ' needs and priorities of the parties, in particular the needs and priorities of the parties that are against climate change adverse impacts are particularly vulnerable and which capabilities are significantly limited — belongs to such as, for example, least developed countries and small island developing States, in accordance that adaptation is necessary in the sphere of public resources and grants. 5. Developed country Parties shall communicate every two years the preliminary quantitative and qualitative information related to paragraph 1 and paragraph 3, specifying the expected level of public funding that is intended to make developing country Parties. Other parties which grant resources are invited to the following information every two years to report on a voluntary basis. 6. Relevant information on climate funding efforts provided by developed country Parties and/or agreement, take into account the structure of article 14 referred to the global weighting. 7. the developed country Parties once every two years, provides a transparent and coherent information on support for developing country Parties, which are delivered to the public and to mobilise an intervention assistance, in accordance with the procedures and guidelines, which the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, adopted at its first session, as set out in article 13, paragraph 13. This is called the other side. 8. the financial mechanism of the Convention, including its operational institutions, this agreement is the financial mechanism. 9. the institutions that works well in this agreement, including the financial mechanism of the Convention operational, efficient access to financial resources, seek to ensure by means of how to simplify approval procedures and support for enhanced readiness of developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, their national climate strategy and in the context of the plan. 10. Article 1 the parties have a common long-term vision about the importance of fully realize the development and transfer of technology in order to improve resistance to climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2. the parties understand the importance of this agreement for the mitigation and adaptation measures are technologies, and knowing the current technologies and distribution efforts, strengthen cooperation in technology development and transfer. 3. in accordance with the Convention created a technology mechanism works well in this agreement. 4. Striving to realize in paragraph 1 of this article that a long-term vision, with this technology framework is created that highlights the technology facility main activities, namely to support and encourage the active development and technology transfer, thereby contributing to the implementation of this agreement. 5. To be effective in the long term and the world face up to climate change and to promote economic growth and sustainable development, it is critically important to accelerate and stimulate innovation and create conditions favourable to it. Such efforts provide adequate support, including technology and financial mechanism of the Convention certainly financial mechanism, with a view to introduce participatory approaches to research and development, and facilitate developing countries ' access to technology, the parties, in particular the technology cycle in the early stages of proceedings. 6. Developing country Parties provide support, including financial support, for the implementation of this article, including the strengthening of cooperation in the development and transfer of technologies at different stages of the technology cycle, with the aim of establishing a balance between mitigation and adaptation measures provide support. 14. the global weighting takes account of available information on the efforts of developing countries to support the development and transfer of technologies. 11. Article 1 of this agreement, the intended capacity building should enhance developing country Parties, particularly the least developed countries and climate change adverse impacts particularly vulnerable countries such as small island developing States — the ability and opportunities for effective action on climate change, including implementing adaptation and mitigation measures, and it should support the development, dissemination and implementation, access to climate finance, relevant education, training and public awareness aspects and transparent , timely and accurate communication of information. 2. Capacity building should be a country-driven and based on national needs and to encourage parties and focused — in particular developing country parties — governmental sponsorship also, pavalstisk national and local level. 3. Capacity building should be guided from the knowledge obtained, including those gained through capacity building in accordance with the Convention, and it should be efficient and iterative process that encourages participation, is cross-cutting and in accordance with the principles of gender equality. 4. All parties should cooperate to enhance the ability of developing country Parties to comply with this agreement. The developed country Parties should intensify support for capacity building activities in developing country Parties. 5. All parties, to strengthen the capacity of developing country Parties to implement this agreement, including through regional, bilateral and multilateral approaches for these capacity building activities or activities regularly informed. Developing country Parties report periodically, as done with the ability to plan, policies, measures or implementation of activities for the purposes of implementing this agreement. 6. Capacity building activities strengthen with the proper institutional mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of this agreement, including through appropriate institutional mechanisms established under the Convention and the functioning of this agreement. The Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, at its first meeting, discussion and decision on capacity building institutional mechanisms. Article 12 the Parties shall cooperate as necessary in the implementation of measures that aim to improve the education, training, public awareness about climate change, community involvement in this field and public access to relevant information, recognizing that it is of great importance that the measures provided for in this agreement. 13. Article 1 to increase mutual trust and confidence and to facilitate effective implementation, with this improved measure is created and supports the transparency framework that provides adequate flexibility that respects the different capabilities of the parties and based on shared experience. 2. the framework of transparency requires that the developing country Parties, that this is necessary from the point of view of the ability of the provisions of this article may be implemented in a flexible manner. Such flexibility incorporated in paragraph 13 of this article, in that order, procedures, and guidelines. 3. Transparency of the framework is based on transparency mechanisms provided for in the Convention and intensify them, takes into account the least developed countries and small island developing countries in special circumstances and implemented incentive, uzspiedoš and exemplary punitive, respecting national sovereignty and to shed rain from the disproportionate burden of the parties. 4. the provisions of the Convention in the interests of transparency mechanisms including the national statements, reports and biannual biannual report, international assessment and review and international consultation and analysis, is part of the experience, from which to draw when developing policy, procedures and guidelines in accordance with paragraph 13 of this article. 5. Transparency Measures in the framework aims to provide a clear picture of the activities in the field of climate change, in the light of article 2 of the Convention, including the target to give clarity on the parties referred to in article 4 of the individual national contributions defined and progress towards their attainment and on adaptation measures by the parties under article 7, including best practices, priorities, needs and gaps, and it will be used as a base for the information referred to in article 14 global weighting. 6. supports the transparency framework aims to provide clarity on the support that individual parties concerned is given and received in the context of climate change measures under 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and, as far as possible, to create a complete picture of the total financial support provided, and it will be used as a base for the information referred to in article 14 global weighting. 7. each Party shall provide the following information: (a) review of national greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic sources and reception in piesaistītājsistēm, using best practice methodologies approved by the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change and the Conference of the parties agreed, at the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and (b) the information necessary to track the progress referred to in article 4, the national contribution to the implementation of specific and. 8. Each party should also duly provide information on climate change impacts and adaptation in accordance with article 7. 9. Developed countries provide, but other donor parties should provide information on financial, technology transfer and capacity-building support, in accordance with the 9, 10 and 11 of the developing country Parties. 10. Developing country Parties should provide information on financial, technology transfer and capacity-building support that is necessary and under 9, 10 and 11. 11. the information submitted by each party in accordance with paragraph 7 and 9 point, pass the technical evaluation in accordance with decision 1/CP. 21. If a developing country Parties it is necessary from the point of view of the ability of the evaluation process, they also help to identify capacity building needs. In addition, each of the parties involved in promoting the multilateral process, in which progress is ascertained, as referred to in article 9 implementation efforts, as well as its national contribution to the implementation of specific and achievement. 12. technical evaluation in accordance with this paragraph means that the parties are considered, the support provided, if any, and how the party is doing with its national contribution to the implementation of specific and achievement. In the course of the evaluation also know which areas to achieve improvements to the party and to what extent the information provided is consistent with this article, the procedure referred to in paragraph 13, the procedures and guidelines, taking into account the flexibility available to the party in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article. Pay particular attention to the assessment in developing country Parties, respectively, of the national possibilities and circumstances. 13. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, supporting on the experience gained with the transparency of the mechanism provided for in the Convention, and taking as a basis the provisions of this article shall be adopted, as appropriate, a common policy, procedures and guidelines with regard to the measures and aid transparency. 14. provide support to developing countries in the implementation of this article. 15. in addition, developing country parties constantly provides support to create transparency. 1. Article 14, the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, periodically assess progress in the implementation of this agreement in order to evaluate the overall progress towards the conception of this agreement and the achievement of the long-term objectives (hereinafter referred to as the "global weighting"). The Conference of the parties to make a comprehensive and friendly way, and issues such as mitigation, adaptation, implementation, and support features view, in the light of Justice and the best available scientific knowledge. 2. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, the first global weighting is carried out in the year 2023, then every five years, unless the Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, decides otherwise. 3. Global results of balancing the Parties shall take into account, when they, in accordance with its own national agenda update and streamline efforts and support in accordance with the relevant provisions of this agreement and to strengthen international cooperation in the field of climate. Article 15 1. There is hereby established a mechanism aimed at promoting the implementation of the provisions of this agreement and compliance. 2. in paragraph 1 of this article, the mechanism is the Committee of experts, the activities of which are focused on promotion and progress in transparent and exemplary punitive variety. The Committee paid particular attention to the parties ' respective national features and conditions. 3. the Committee shall operate in accordance with the modalities and procedures adopted at its first meeting, the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, and shall report annually to the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 16. Article 1. The Conference of the parties, which is the supreme body of the Convention, is also the meeting of the parties to this agreement. 2. The parties to the Convention that are not parties to this agreement, as observers may participate in any meeting that is held by the Conference of the parties, which is also the meeting of the parties to this agreement. When the Conference of the parties acting as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, under this agreement to accept only the parties to this agreement. 3. when the Conference of the parties acting as the meeting of the parties to this agreement, any member of the Bureau of the Conference of the parties, representing a party to the Convention, which was not a party to this agreement, shall be replaced by a new Member, which the parties to this agreement, choose from among its members. 4. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, regularly evaluate the implementation of this agreement and in accordance with its mandate, the decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of this agreement. It performs its intended function in this agreement and: (a) establish such subsidiary bodies as are deemed necessary for the implementation of this agreement; and (b) perform such other functions as may be necessary for the implementation of this agreement. 5. the rules of procedure of the Conference of the parties and financial procedures in the Convention apply, mutatis mutandis, under this agreement, unless the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, unanimously decides otherwise. 6. The Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, the Secretariat shall convene the first meeting together with the first meeting of the Conference of the parties, intended to hold the entry into force of this agreement. Then, the Conference of the parties at the meeting of the parties to this agreement, regular session held in conjunction with the current session of the Conference of the parties, unless the Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the parties, decides otherwise. 7. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, the extraordinary meeting shall be held when the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, it is considered necessary, or at the written request of any party provided that, within six months from the time of the request, the Secretariat has informed the parties that it has supported at least one third of the parties. 8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any country that is a member or observer in these organizations, but not party to the Convention, may be represented as observers in the proceedings of the Conference of the parties held that at the meeting of the parties to this agreement. Any body or agency, national or international, governmental or non-governmental, which is competent in matters covered by this agreement and has informed the Secretariat of its wish to be represented as observers at the hearing, that the Conference of the parties, held at the meeting of the parties to this agreement, you accept to participate at the hearing unless the objection from at least one third of the parties. The admission and participation of observers under this article the rules referred to in paragraph 5. 1. Article 17 in accordance with article 8 of the Convention, the Secretariat shall act as the Secretariat of this agreement. 2. Article 8 of the Convention, paragraph 2 of the secretariat functions for the Convention and paragraph 3 of article 8 concerning the organisation of work of the Secretariat shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. In addition, the Secretariat shall perform the functions that it under this Agreement shall be entrusted by the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement. Article 18 1. Scientific and technological Advisory Council and executive body established by the Convention's article 9 and 10, acts as the agreement concerned scientific and technological Advisory Council and executive body. The conditions of the Convention on these two bodies shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. The agreement for scientific and technological Advisory Council and meetings of the executive body of the Subject of the hearing shall be held in conjunction with the Convention's scientific and technological Advisory Council and meetings of the executive body. 2. The parties to the Convention that are not parties to this agreement, observers may participate in any meeting of any subsidiary bodies. If subsidiary bodies act as subsidiary bodies as this agreement under this agreement accepts only the parties to this agreement. 3. Where, in accordance with the Convention's article 9 and 10 subsidiary bodies created to fulfil their functions on matters affecting this agreement, any member of the Bureau of the subsidiary bodies representing a party to the Convention, which was not a party to this agreement, shall be replaced by a new Member, which the parties to this agreement, choose from among its members. 19. Article 1. any subsidiary bodies or other institutional bodies established by the Convention or under it, except those referred to in this agreement, this agreement may work well in accordance with the decision adopted by the Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement. The Conference of the parties that this agreement at the meeting of the Parties shall specify which functions to be carried out, the following subsidiary bodies or other bodies. The Conference of the parties, which is the meeting of the parties to this agreement, the following subsidiary bodies or other bodies can provide further guidance. Article 20 1. this Agreement shall be open for signature and ratification, acceptance or approval by States and by regional economic integration organizations that are parties to the Convention. It is available for signing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 April 2016 until 2017. on 21 April. Then this agreement will be able to join the day after the date of the signing of the agreement is closed. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the depositary. 2. If a party to the agreement becomes a regional economic integration organization, but none of that Member is not party to the agreement, the organization concerned shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention. If one or more of such regional economic integration organizations, the Member States are parties to this agreement, the Organization and its Member States shall decide, what will their respective obligations under this agreement obligations. In such cases, the Organization and the Member States shall not be entitled to the rights provided for in this agreement are used simultaneously. 3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare, how far their competence in matters governed by the agreement. The Organization of any major changes to their competence, shall inform the depositary, who shall in turn inform the parties. 21. Article 1. this Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after at least 55 parties to the Convention that creates at least 55% of the estimated total global greenhouse gas emissions, is the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. Only paragraph 1 of this article needs a "total global greenhouse gas emissions" means the most recent emissions, known as notified by the parties to the Convention at the date of adoption of this agreement, or before. 3. For each State or regional economic integration organization, that this Agreement shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval or accession after to consider paragraph 1 of this article, the conditions for entry into force, this Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date on which that State or regional economic integration organization has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 4. Paragraph 1 of this article, needs instruments to be deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to the relevant organisations of the Member States deposited instruments. Article 22 of the Convention, article 15 provisions on amendment of the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. 23. Article 1 of the Convention. Article 16 the conditions for the adoption of the Convention and the amendment shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. 2. in the annex to this agreement forms an integral part thereof and, unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference to the agreement at the same time a reference to its annexes. Such attachments can only be lists, forms, and other descriptive materials that have scientific, technical, procedural or administrative nature. Article 24 of the Convention article 14 provisions on settlement of disputes shall apply mutatis mutandis to this agreement. 25. Article 1, each Party shall have one vote, except paragraph 2 of this article, as provided in. 2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of its Member States that are parties to this agreement. Such an organization shall not exercise its right to vote if your vote to use any of its Member States, and vice versa. Article 26 shall be the depositary of this agreement, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 27 this agreement may not provide any reservations. 28. Article 1. At any time after three years from the date on which the agreement enters into force for a party, that party may withdraw from the agreement by written notification to the depositary. 2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect when the was a year since the date of the receipt of the notification by the depositary, or on such later date, if the notice of withdrawal is given later. 3. Any party which withdraws from the Convention shall be regarded as having withdrawn from this agreement. Article 29 the original of this agreement, the text of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In Paris, the two thousand year 15th December Twelfth. In witness whereof, the duly authorised have signed this agreement.