Test your knowledge about the legal form of the Paris agreement. Multilateral choices possible!
- Does the legal form of the agreement matter?
a) Yes, it ensures that all Parties will fulfil their promises.
b) Yes, otherwise the carbon market will collapse.
c) Yes, as long as it’s possible to achieve it.
d) Yes, because it could help countries meet the objective of the climate convention. - Many Parties call for a Protocol. What is a “protocol”?
a) An unwritten rule on how to behave, like here in Geneva or on the Internet, often referred to as ”etiquette”.
b) An instrument tied to and often seen as extending or deepening a treaty (see Montreal Protocol to the Ozone Treaty and other well-known protocols).
c) Something to expect in Paris, because we like the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol.
d) Something to expect in Paris, because we like the lack of effective compliance we have now. - What would “legally binding” mean for this agreement?
a) That it is written in such a way that everyone knows what to do and what to expect.
b) That if a polluter that has to pay, it really has to pay.
c) That the word “shall” appears more times than “will”, “should”, “can” and “may” in the text.
d) It has provisions to ensure compliance, and is, at least in principle, judicially enforceable. - Does a Party need to establish domestic climate legislation?
a) Of course! An agreement (see 1) requires this.
b) Of course! Parties refer to this in an agreement.
c) Of course! So civil society can sue the state to make it comply with the obligations.
d) No! If a Party signs and ratifies an agreement, it will always comply.
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