Paris +10: Reflections on the Impact of the Paris Agreement

Adopted by 195 countries in 2015, the Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change, aiming to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”

Ten years on, UCL and the French Embassy in the UK bring together a distinguished expert panel of scholarship, diplomacy and policymaking to reflect on the innovation of the agreement at the time of its inception and its role in climate governance in today’s global geopolitical climate.

Following an opening talk from Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, join our chair, Prof. Eloise Scotford, Dean of the Faculty of Laws, UCL and distinguished panel including:

• Adam Berman, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Energy UK
• Prof. Lisa Vanhala, Professor of Political Science and Pro-Vice Provost for the UCL Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis, UCL
• Dr Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Assistant Professor of Financial and Environmental Law, Co-Director, UCL Centre for Law and Environment, UCL
• Dan Bradley, Head of Climate and Environment at UK Mission to the EU
• Jean Jouzel, Emeritus Research Director at CEA and member of the Academy of Sciences

About the organisers

This event is hosted by the UCL Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis, the French Embassy, the UCL European Institute and the UCL Centre for Law and Environment.