Misconception No. 1: “COP is useless, climate continues to warm”
The aim of COPs is to advance international law to combat climate change and help humanity adapt to it. It is difficult to measure the success of each individual conference, as it is a long and very progressive process: States adopt more or less restrictive texts, the implementation of which depends largely on their voluntarism.
COP 3 in Japan (1997) and COP 21 in France (2015) were the most memorable: they produced the Kyoto Protocol, the first binding tool to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the Paris Agreement, the first international agreement aimed at limiting global warming. “far below” 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. These two agreements make it possible “near universal adoption of climate legislative frameworks across countries”, said Céline Kauffmann, program director at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI). This has also led to significant market dynamics that favor renewable energy and electric cars.
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