Four ways to hold States to account for the Paris Agreement

What is it about?

In this paper we describe four different ways to hold states to account for their legal and moral obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change. It particularly highlights the importance of national institutions and civil society to step be active watch dogs of states because states are not very eager to hold each other to account at the global level.

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Why is it important?

The Paris Agreement is the main instrument for all the countries in the world to cooperate on addressing climate change. But the Paris Agreement itself does not contain any real consequences for countries that do not do not promise to do enough - or who do not do what they have promised under this Agreement. The Agreement can still be influential - but it requires a number of actors to step up and act as watch dogs to make sure countries keep their promises.

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