Chinese Dream' in Paris: Legal and Policy Commitments in the New Climate Change Regime

Chinese Dream' in Paris: Legal and Policy Commitments in the New Climate Change Regime

The Paris climate change conference among the UNFCCC parties (COP 21) was a dramatic turning point of human struggle for an emission free world. On December 12, 2015, all of the 195 UNFCCC member States and the European Union unanimously adopted a historic accord by consensus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It has been widely recognized that the earth's atmosphere is growing warmer due to greenhouse gas emissions generated by fossil fuel use. The conference aimed to respond to this global question by adopting a comprehensive agreement to curb such excessive emissions. This Paris Agreement will take over the role of the Kyoto Protocol after 2020 in a more comprehensive manner.