On the ratification of the Paris Agreement

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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 4, 2016 No. 20-VI SAM

To ratify The Paris Agreement, signed in Paris on December 12, 2015.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. NAZARBAYEV

THE PARIS AGREEMENT

United Nations 2015

The Parties to this Agreement, being the Parties The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as the "Convention", in pursuance of the mandate of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, established by decision 1/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its seventeenth session, striving for the purpose of the Convention and in accordance with its principles, including the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances,  Recognizing the need for an effective and progressive response to the urgent threat of climate change based on the best available scientific knowledge, also recognizing the specific needs and special circumstances of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, as provided for in the Convention, taking fully into account the specific needs and special circumstances of least developed countries developed countries with regard to financing and technology transfer, recognizing, That Parties may suffer not only from climate change, but also from the impacts of measures taken to respond to it, emphasizing the inextricable link between actions to combat climate change, climate change responses and climate change impacts with equitable access to sustainable development and poverty eradication, recognizing the fundamental priority of ensuring food security and eliminating hunger and the particular vulnerability of food production systems to the adverse effects of climate change,  Taking into account the urgent need for equitable changes in the workforce and the creation of decent working conditions and quality jobs in accordance with nationally determined development priorities, recognizing that climate change is a common concern of humanity, the Parties should, when implementing actions to address climate change-related issues, respect, promote and Take into account their respective obligations in the field of human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and persons in vulnerable situations, and the right to development, as well as gender equality, women's empowerment and intergenerational justice, recognizing the importance of preserving and increasing, as appropriate, the sinks and accumulators of greenhouse gases mentioned in the Convention,  Noting the importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including the oceans, and protecting biodiversity, recognized by some cultures as Mother Earth, and noting the importance for some of the concept of "climate justice", In implementing actions to address climate change-related issues, Reaffirming the importance of education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and cooperation at all levels on the issues addressed in this Agreement, recognizing the importance of involving all levels of Government and various actors, in accordance with the relevant national legislation of the Parties, in addressing problems related to climate change.  Also recognizing that sustainable lifestyles and rational consumption and production patterns, with developed countries playing a leading role, play an important role in addressing climate change issues, agreed on the following:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Agreement, all definitions contained in article 1 of the Convention shall apply. In addition to this: (a) "Convention" means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in New York on 9 May 1992. (b) "Conference of the Parties" means the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. (c) "Party" means a Party to this Agreement.

Article 2

1. This Agreement, intensifying the implementation of The Convention, including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication efforts, including through: (a) Keeping the increase in global average temperature well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and making efforts to limit temperature increases to 1.5°C, recognizing that this will significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Enhancing the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promoting climate change resilience and development with low greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that does not endanger food production; and (c) aligning financial flows with a trajectory towards low-emission and climate-resilient development. 2. This Agreement will be implemented in a manner that reflects equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in the light of different national circumstances.

Article 3

As nationally determined contributions to the global response to climate change, all Parties should undertake and communicate ambitious efforts, as defined in Articles 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13, in order to achieve the objective of this Agreement as set out in Article 2. The efforts of all Parties will represent progress over time, recognizing the need to provide support to developing country Parties for the effective implementation of this Agreement.

Article 4

1. In order to achieve the long-term global temperature target set out in Article 2, the Parties shall strive to achieve a global peak in greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, recognizing that achieving such a peak will take a longer time for developing country Parties, as well as to achieve rapid reductions subsequently in accordance with the best available scientific knowledge., in order to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions from sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century on the basis of equity and in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty. 2. Each Party shall prepare, communicate and maintain consistent nationally determined contributions that it intends to achieve. The Parties shall take internal measures to prevent climate change in order to achieve the objectives of such contributions. 3. Each subsequent nationally determined contribution by the Party will represent a step forward beyond the current nationally determined contribution and reflect its highest possible ambition, reflecting its common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances. 4. Developed country Parties should continue to play a leading role by setting targets for absolute emission reductions across the economy. Developing country Parties should continue to strengthen their efforts to prevent climate change and are encouraged to move towards economy-wide emission limitation or reduction targets over time in the light of different national circumstances. 5. Developing country Parties shall be provided with support for the implementation of this Article in accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11, recognizing that greater support for developing country Parties will enhance the ambition of their actions. 6. Least developed countries and small island developing States can prepare and communicate strategies, plans and actions for low-greenhouse gas emissions development reflecting their special circumstances. 7. Co-benefits for the prevention of climate change as a result of adaptation actions and/or economic diversification plans of the Parties may contribute to the results in the field of climate change prevention in accordance with this Article. 8. When reporting their nationally determined contributions, all Parties provide the information necessary to ensure clarity, transparency and understanding, in accordance with decision 1/CP.21 and any relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 9. Each Party reports a nationally determined contribution every five years in accordance with decision 1/CP.21 and relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement, and uses as an information basis the results of the global summing up referred to in Article 14.10. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall consider the issue of common deadlines for nationally determined contributions at its first session. 11. A Party may at any time adjust its existing nationally determined contribution in order to increase its level of ambition in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 12. Nationally determined contributions reported by the Parties are recorded in a public register maintained by the secretariat. 13. The Parties keep records of their nationally determined contributions. In accounting for anthropogenic emissions and removals corresponding to their nationally determined contributions, the Parties shall promote environmental integrity, transparency, accuracy, completeness, comparability and consistency, and ensure that double counting is avoided in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 14. In the context of their nationally determined contributions, when recognizing and implementing climate change mitigation actions with respect to anthropogenic emissions and removals, Parties should take into account, as appropriate, existing methods and guidelines under the Convention in the light of the provisions of paragraph 13 of this article. 15. In implementing this Agreement, the Parties shall take into account the concerns of the Parties whose economies have been most affected by the impact of the response measures, especially developing country Parties. 16. The Parties, including regional economic integration organizations and their member States, which have reached an agreement to act jointly in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, shall notify the secretariat of the terms of this agreement, including the emission level set for each Party for the relevant time period, when they report their nationally determined contribution. The secretariat, in turn, informs the Parties and Signatories of the Convention about the terms of this agreement. 17. Each Party to such an agreement shall be responsible for its level of emissions as set out in the agreement referred to in paragraph 16 of this article, in accordance with paragraphs 13 and 14 of this article and articles 13 and 15. 18. If the Parties acting jointly do so within the framework of a regional economic integration organization, which is itself a Party to this Agreement, or together with it, each member State of this regional economic integration organization individually and together with the regional economic integration organization is responsible for its level of emissions, as it is established in the agreement, which was reported in accordance with paragraph 16 of this article, in accordance with paragraphs 13 and 14 of this article and articles 13 and 15.19. All Parties should strive to formulate and communicate long-term development strategies with low greenhouse gas emissions, taking into account Article 2, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances.

Article 5

1. Parties should take measures to protect and improve the quality, as appropriate, of greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs, as referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1 (d), of the Convention, including forests. 2. Parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support, including through results-based payments, the existing framework, as set out in relevant guidance and decisions already adopted under the Convention, for: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and with the role of forest conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon storage in developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as approaches combining climate change prevention and adaptation, for integrated and sustainable forest management, while acknowledging the importance of appropriately stimulating the non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches.

Article 6

1. The Parties recognize that some Parties use voluntary cooperation in the implementation of their nationally determined contributions in order to create opportunities to increase the ambition of their actions to prevent climate change and adaptation and promote sustainable development and environmental integrity. 2. The Parties, when they participate on a voluntary basis in joint approaches that include the use of internationally transmitted climate change mitigation results for nationally determined contributions, promote sustainable development and ensure environmental integrity and transparency, including in the field of governance, and apply reliable accounting to ensure, inter alia, the avoidance of double taxation. accounting in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 3. The use of internationally transmitted climate change mitigation results to achieve nationally determined contributions under this Agreement is carried out on a voluntary basis and with the permission of the participating Parties. 4. A mechanism is hereby established to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and support sustainable development, under the guidance and management of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, for use by the Parties on a voluntary basis. It operates under the supervision of a body designated by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement and aims to: (a) contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while promoting sustainable development; (b) encourage and encourage the participation of public and private actors authorized by the Party in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; (c) Contributing to the reduction of emissions in the host Country, which will benefit from climate change mitigation activities that result in emission reductions that can also be used by the other Party to fulfill its nationally determined contribution; and (d) ensuring an overall reduction in global emissions. 5. The emission reduction resulting from the application of the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall not be used to demonstrate the achievement by the receiving Party of a nationally determined contribution if it is used by the other Party to demonstrate the achievement of its nationally determined contribution. 6. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall ensure that part of the proceeds from activities under the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article are used to cover administrative costs, as well as to assist developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting adaptation costs.. 7. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall adopt the rules, conditions and procedures for the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this article at its first session. 8. The Parties recognize the importance of integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches available to the Parties to assist in the implementation of their nationally determined contributions in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication in a coordinated and effective manner, including through, inter alia, climate change prevention, adaptation, financing, technology transfer and strengthening potential, depending on the circumstances. These approaches aim to: (a) increase the ambition of actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; (b) increase the participation of the public and private sectors in the implementation of nationally determined contributions; and (c) create opportunities for coordination between instruments and relevant institutional mechanisms. 9. A framework for non-market approaches to sustainable development is hereby defined in order to promote the non-market approaches referred to in paragraph 8 of this article.

Article 7

1. The Parties hereby establish a global adaptation objective, which is to strengthen adaptive capacities, enhance resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, in order to promote sustainable development and ensure adequate adaptation responses in the context of the temperature target referred to in Article 2.2. The Parties recognize that adaptation is a global challenge facing all in local, subnational, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change in order to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems, and contributes to such a response, taking into account the immediate and urgent needs of those affected. Developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. 3. The adaptation efforts of developing country Parties shall be recognized in accordance with the terms to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement at its first session. 4. The Parties recognize that the current need for adaptation is significant and that higher levels of climate change mitigation may reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts, as well as that greater adaptation needs may entail higher adaptation costs. 5. The Parties recognize that adaptation activities should be country-led, gender-sensitive, participatory and fully transparent, taking into account vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems, and based on the best available scientific knowledge and, where appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous knowledge and local knowledge systems; and They should be guided in order to integrate adaptation appropriately into relevant socio-economic and environmental strategies and actions. 6. The Parties recognize the importance of supporting adaptation efforts and international cooperation in this area, as well as the importance of taking into account the needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. 7. The Parties should strengthen their cooperation to enhance adaptation actions, taking into account the Cancun Framework for Adaptation, including with regard to: (a) Exchange of information, good practices, experiences and lessons learned, including, where appropriate, in relation to science, planning, policy and implementation in relation to adaptation actions; (b) Strengthening institutional mechanisms, including those under the Convention that serve this Agreement, to support the synthesis of relevant information and knowledge and to provide technical support and guidance to Parties; (c) Deepening scientific knowledge about climate, including research, systematic observation of the climate system and early warning systems, so as to create an information base for provide a framework for climate services and support the decision-making process; (d) To assist developing country Parties in identifying effective adaptation practices, adaptation needs, priorities, support provided and received for adaptation actions and efforts, challenges and gaps in a manner consistent with the promotion of such practices; and (e) to enhance the effectiveness and durability of adaptation actions. 8. The specialized agencies and agencies of the United Nations are called upon to support the efforts of the Parties to implement the actions referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article. 9. Each Party participates appropriately in the processes of planning and implementing adaptation actions, including the development or strengthening of appropriate plans, policies and/or contributions, which may include: (a) Implementation of actions, promises and/or adaptation efforts; (b) The process of formulating and implementing national adaptation plans; (c) Assessment of climate change impacts and vulnerability in order to formulate nationally determined priority actions, taking into account the needs of the most vulnerable people, places and ecosystems; (d) Monitoring and evaluation of adaptation plans, policies, programmes and actions and training on and (e) increasing the resilience of socio-economic and environmental systems, including through economic diversification and sustainable management of natural resources. 10. Each Party should appropriately submit and periodically update an adaptation communication, which may include its priorities, support needs, plans and actions, without creating any additional burden for developing country Parties. 11. The adaptation communication referred to in paragraph 10 of this article, as appropriate, shall be submitted and periodically updated as a component of another communication or simultaneously with another communication or documents, including the national adaptation plan, the nationally determined contribution referred to in article 4, paragraph 2, and/or the national communication. 12. The adaptation communications referred to in paragraph 10 of this article shall be recorded in a public register maintained by the secretariat. 13. Developing country Parties shall be provided with continuous and enhanced international support for the implementation of paragraphs 7, 9, 10 and 11 of this Article in accordance with the provisions of Articles 9, 10 and 11. 14. The global wrap-up referred to in Article 14, inter alia: (a) Recognizes the adaptation efforts of developing country Parties; (b) Enhances the implementation of adaptation actions, taking into account the adaptation communication referred to in paragraph 10 of this article; (c) Review the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and the support provided for adaptation; and (d) review overall progress towards achieving the global adaptation objective referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.

Article 8

1. The Parties recognize the importance of preventing, minimizing and addressing loss and damage issues related to the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow-moving events, as well as the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage. 2. The Warsaw International Mechanism for Losses and Damage Resulting from the Effects of Climate Change operates under the direction and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement and may be expanded and strengthened by decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 3. The Parties should deepen understanding, step up actions and support, including through the Warsaw International Mechanism, where necessary, through cooperation and incentives for losses and damage related to the adverse effects of climate change. 4. Thus, areas of cooperation and assistance to deepen understanding, enhance action and support may include: a) Early warning systems; b) Emergency preparedness; c) slow-moving phenomena; (d) Phenomena that can lead to irreversible and permanent losses and damage; (e) Integrated risk assessment and management; (f) risk insurance, climate, risk pools and other insurance solutions; (g) non-economic losses; and (h) resilience of communities, livelihoods and ecosystems. 5. The Warsaw International Mechanism cooperates with existing bodies and expert groups under this Agreement, as well as relevant organizations and expert groups outside the Agreement.

Article 9

1. Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties in both climate change mitigation and adaptation in continuation of their existing obligations under the Convention. 2. Other Parties are encouraged to provide or continue to provide such support on a voluntary basis. 3. As part of global efforts, developed country Parties should continue to play a leading role in mobilizing financial resources for climate change mitigation from a wide range of sources, instruments and channels, noting the significant role of public funds through various actions, including support for country-led strategies, as well as taking into account the needs and priorities of the Parties, which are developing countries. This mobilization of financial resources to combat climate change should represent a step forward beyond previous efforts. 4. The provision of scale-up financial resources should be aimed at achieving a balance between adaptation and mitigation actions, taking into account country-led strategies, as well as the priorities and needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have significant limited capacity, such as least developed countries and small island developing States, Taking into account the need for government and grant-based financial resources for adaptation. 5. Developed country Parties shall provide, on a biennial basis, indicative quantitative and qualitative information relevant to paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article, where applicable, including projected levels of public financial resources, if any, to be made available to developing country Parties. Other resource providers are encouraged to provide such information every two years on a voluntary basis. 6. The global stocktaking referred to in Article 14 takes into account relevant information provided by the developed country Parties and/or the bodies of the Agreement on efforts related to financial means to combat climate change. 7. Developed country Parties shall provide transparent and consistent information on support to developing country Parties, which is provided and mobilized through government intervention, on a biennial basis in accordance with the terms, procedures and guidelines to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement at its first session. as provided for in article 13, paragraph 13. Other Parties are encouraged to do the same. 8. Financial mechanism The Convention, including its operational bodies, performs the functions of the financial mechanism of this Agreement. 9. The agencies serving this Agreement, including the operational bodies of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention, shall strive to ensure effective access to financial resources through simplified approval procedures and enhanced preparedness support for developing country Parties, in particular for least developed countries and small island developing States, in the context of their national strategies and plans to combat with climate change.

Article 10

1. The Parties share a long-term vision of the importance of fully implementing technology development and transfer in order to increase resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2. The Parties, noting the importance of technologies for the implementation of actions to prevent climate change and adaptation under this Agreement and recognizing existing efforts to introduce and disseminate technologies, strengthen cooperation in the field of technology development and transfer. 3. The technology Mechanism established under the Convention shall serve this Agreement. 4. A technology framework is hereby established to provide comprehensive guidance to the Technology Mechanism in encouraging and facilitating increased technology development and transfer activities to support the implementation of this Agreement in order to achieve the long-term vision referred to in paragraph 1 of this article. 5. Accelerating and encouraging innovation and creating an enabling environment for it are essential for an effective, long-term global response to climate change and for promoting economic growth and sustainable development. Such efforts are adequately supported, including by the Technology Mechanism and through the financial resources of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention, to develop collaborative approaches to research and development, as well as to increase access to technology, in particular in the early stages of the technological cycle, for developing country Parties. 6. Developing country Parties shall be provided with support, including financial support, for the implementation of this article, including to strengthen joint actions in the field of technology development and transfer at various stages of the technological cycle, in order to ensure a balance between support for climate change prevention and support for adaptation. The global stocktaking referred to in Article 14 takes into account available information on efforts to support the development and transfer of technology to developing country Parties.

Article 11

1. Capacity-building under this Agreement should strengthen the capabilities and abilities of developing country Parties, in particular those with the least capacity, such as least developed countries and countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, such as small island developing States, to take effective action to combat climate change, including, but not limited to among other things, to implement actions for adaptation and prevention of climate change, and should also facilitate the development of, dissemination and adoption of technologies and access to financing for combating climate change, promote relevant aspects of education, training and public awareness, and facilitate transparent, timely and accurate communication of information. 2. Capacity-building should be country-led, based on and responsive to national needs, and strengthen the ownership of countries, especially developing country Parties, including at the national, subnational and local levels. Capacity-building should be guided by lessons learned, including lessons learned from capacity-building activities under the Convention, and it should be an effective, cyclical process that is participatory, cross-cutting, and gender-sensitive. 3. All Parties should cooperate in strengthening the capacity of developing country Parties to implement this Agreement. Developed country Parties should increase support for capacity-building activities in developing country Parties. 4. All Parties that strengthen the capacity of developing country Parties to implement this Agreement, including through regional, bilateral and multilateral approaches, shall regularly report on these actions or capacity-building measures. Developing country Parties should regularly report on progress made in the implementation of plans, policies, actions or measures to implement this Agreement. 5. Capacity-building activities shall be enhanced through appropriate institutional mechanisms to support the implementation of this Agreement, including appropriate institutional mechanisms established under the Convention that serve this Agreement. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement, at its first session, reviews and decides on initial institutional mechanisms for capacity-building.

Article 12

The Parties shall cooperate in the implementation of appropriate measures to enhance education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information on climate change, recognizing the importance of these steps to enhance action under this Agreement.

Article 13

1. In order to strengthen mutual trust and confidence and facilitate effective implementation, an expanded framework for transparency of action and support is hereby established, providing flexibility, taking into account the various capacities of the Parties and drawing on collective experience. 2. The framework for Transparency provides flexibility in the implementation of the provisions of this Article for those developing country Parties that need it. it is necessary in the light of their capabilities. The conditions, procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 13 of this article reflect this flexibility. 3. The Transparency Framework uses and enhances transparency mechanisms under the Convention, recognizing the special circumstances of least developed countries and small island developing States, and is implemented in an enabling, non-intrusive, non-punitive manner while respecting national sovereignty and avoiding placing undue burdens on the Parties. 4. Transparency mechanisms under the Convention, including national communications, biennial and biennial reports containing updated information, international assessment and review, and international consultation and analysis, form part of the expertise used to develop the modalities and procedures and guidelines under paragraph 13 of this article. 5. The purpose of the action transparency framework is to provide a clear understanding of actions to combat climate change in the light of the objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2, including clarity and monitoring of progress towards achieving individual nationally determined contributions from Parties under Article 4 and adaptation actions by Parties under Article 7, including effective practices, priorities, needs and gaps, in order to provide an information basis for global stock-taking in accordance with Article 14.6. The purpose of the support transparency framework is to provide a clear understanding of the support provided and received by relevant individual Actors in the context of climate change action under Articles 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and to provide, as far as possible, an overall picture of the total financial support provided in order to provide an information basis for global summarizing the results according to Article 14.7. Each Party regularly provides the following information: (a) Information on the national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases, compiled using methodologies based on good practices adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement; and (b) information necessary to monitor progress in its implementation and achievement nationally determined contributions in accordance with Article 4. 8. Each Party should also provide information, as appropriate, on climate change impacts and adaptation in accordance with Article 7. 9. Developed country Parties should provide, and other Parties that provide support should provide, information on financial support, technology transfer and capacity-building support provided to developing country Parties in accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11.10. Developing country Parties should provide information on financial support, technology transfer and capacity-building support required and received in accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11.11. The information provided by each Party pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 9 of this Article is subject to review by technical experts in accordance with decision 1/CP.21. For those developing country Parties that require this in the light of their capabilities, the review process includes the provision of assistance in identifying capacity-building needs. In addition, each Party participates in an enabling, multi-pronged review of progress with respect to Article 9 efforts and related implementation and achievement of its nationally determined contribution. 12. The review by technical experts under this paragraph includes consideration of the support provided by the Party, as appropriate, as well as the implementation and achievement of its nationally determined contributions. The review also identifies areas for improvement for that Party and includes consideration of the compliance of the information with the conditions, procedures and guidelines referred to in paragraph 13 of this Article, taking into account the flexibility provided to the Party under paragraph 2 of this Article. The review pays special attention to the relevant national capacities and circumstances of developing country Parties. 13. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement, at its first session, based on the experience of transparency-related mechanisms in accordance with The Convention, and based on the provisions of this article, adopts general terms, procedures and guidelines, as appropriate, to ensure transparency of actions and support. 14. Support is provided to developing countries for the implementation of this article. 15. Developing country Parties are also being continuously supported to strengthen transparency-related capacities.

Article 14

1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall periodically summarize the implementation of this Agreement in order to assess collective progress in meeting the objectives of this Agreement and in achieving its long-term goals (referred to as the "global summary"). It does so in a comprehensive and enabling manner, considering climate change prevention, adaptation, and means of implementation and support, and in the light of equity and the best available scientific knowledge. 2. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall conduct the first global stocktaking in 2023 and thereafter every five years, unless the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement decides otherwise. 3. The results of the global summing up serve as an information basis for the Parties to update and enhance their nationally determined actions and support in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, as well as to enhance international cooperation to combat climate change.

Article 15

1. A mechanism is hereby established to facilitate the implementation and promote compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. 2. The mechanism referred to in paragraph 1 of this article consists of a committee, which is based on expert knowledge and has a stimulating character and which operates in a transparent, non-hostile and non-punitive manner. The Committee pays special attention to the respective national capacities and circumstances of the Parties. 3. The Committee shall function in accordance with the terms and procedures adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its first session and shall report annually to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement.

Article 16

1. The Conference of the Parties, the highest body The Convention acts as a meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. 2. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Agreement may participate as observers in any session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. When the Conference of the Parties acts as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement, decisions regarding this Agreement are made only by the Parties to this Agreement. 3. When the Conference of the Parties acts as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement, any member of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention that is not currently a Party to this Agreement shall be replaced by an additional member elected by the Parties to this Agreement from among them. 4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall regularly review the implementation of this Agreement and take, within its mandate, decisions necessary to facilitate its effective implementation. It shall perform the functions assigned to it under this Agreement and: (a) establish such subsidiary bodies as are required for the implementation of this Agreement; and (b) perform such other functions as may be required for the implementation of this Agreement. 5. Rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties and financial procedures applied in accordance with The Conventions shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement, except in cases where the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement may decide otherwise by consensus. 6. The Secretariat shall convene the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement at the same time as the first session of the Conference of the Parties scheduled after the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Subsequent ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall be held simultaneously with the ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties, unless the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement decides otherwise. 7. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall be convened when the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement deems it necessary, or at the written request of either Party, provided that within six months after the secretariat sends this request to the Parties, it is not supported by less than one third of the Parties. 8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any member State of such organizations or observers to them that are not Parties to the Convention, may be represented at sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement as observers. Any bodies or institutions, whether national or international, governmental or non-governmental, that have competence in matters within the scope of this Agreement and that have informed the secretariat of their desire to be represented at the session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement as an observer, may be allowed to participate in except in cases where at least one third of the Parties present object to it. The admission and participation of observers shall be governed by the rules of procedure as provided for in paragraph 5 of this article.

Article 17

1. The secretariat established in accordance with article 8 of the Convention shall act as the secretariat of this Agreement. 2. Article 8, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Functions of the Secretariat and article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention on the Organization of the Functioning of the Secretariat shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement. In addition, the Secretariat shall perform the functions assigned to it under this Agreement and by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement.

Article 18

1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, established in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the Convention, shall act respectively as the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for the Implementation of this Agreement. The provisions concerning the functioning of these two bodies in accordance with the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement. Sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for the Implementation of this Agreement shall be held in conjunction with meetings of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for the Implementation of the Convention, respectively. 2. Sides Conventions that are not Parties to this Agreement may participate as observers in the work of any session of the subsidiary bodies. When subsidiary bodies act as subsidiary bodies of this Agreement, decisions regarding this Agreement are made only by those Parties who are Parties to this Agreement. 3. When the subsidiary bodies established in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention perform their functions in relation to matters related to this Agreement, any member of the bureau of these subsidiary bodies representing a Party to the Convention that is not currently a Party to this Agreement shall be replaced by an additional member who shall be elected by the Parties to this Agreement from among them.

Article 19

1. Subsidiary bodies or any other institutional mechanisms established by the Convention or under the Convention, other than those subsidiary bodies and institutional mechanisms referred to in this Agreement, shall serve this Agreement as decided by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall determine the functions to be performed by such subsidiary bodies or mechanisms. 2. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement may provide further guidance to such subsidiary bodies and institutional mechanisms.

Article 20

1. This Agreement is open for signature and is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the States and regional economic integration organizations that are Parties. Conventions. It is open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 April 2016 to 21 April 2017. This Agreement is open for accession on the day following the date of its closing for signature. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. 2. Any regional economic integration organization that becomes a Party to this Agreement, but none of its member States is a Party, shall bear all obligations arising from this Agreement. In the case of regional economic integration organizations in which one or more member States are Parties to this Agreement, this organization and its member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for fulfilling their obligations under this Agreement. In such cases, the organization and its member States may not simultaneously exercise the rights under this Agreement. 3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations declare the limits of their competence in relation to the issues regulated by this Agreement. These organizations also inform the Depositary, who, in turn, informs the Parties of any significant changes within their competence.

Article 21

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after at least 55 Parties to the Convention, estimated to account for at least 55 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. For the limited purpose of paragraph 1 of this article, "total global greenhouse gas emissions" means the most recent amount reported by the Parties to the Convention on or before the date of adoption of this Agreement. 3. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Agreement after fulfilling the conditions for its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, this Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of their documents by such State or regional economic integration organization. on ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 4. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this article, no document deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall be considered as additional to the documents deposited by the member States of this organization.

Article 22

The provisions of article 15 of the Convention on the adoption of amendments to the Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

Article 23

1. The provisions of article 16 of the Convention on the adoption of annexes and on the adoption of amendments to annexes to the Convention shall apply to this Agreement matatis mutandis. 2. The annexes to this Agreement form an integral part of it, and, unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference to this Agreement constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes thereto. Such applications are limited to lists, forms, or any other descriptive materials that relate to scientific, technical, procedural, or administrative matters.

Article 24

The provisions of article 14 of the Dispute Settlement Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

Article 25

1. With the exception of the cases provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article, each Party shall have one vote. 2. Regional economic integration organizations shall participate in voting on matters within their competence with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States that are Parties to this Agreement. Such an organization shall not exercise the right to vote if any of its member States exercises its right, and vice versa.

Article 26

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall perform the functions of the Depositary of this Agreement.

Article 27

Reservations to this Agreement are not allowed.

Article 28

1. At any time after three years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement for a Party, that Party may withdraw from this Agreement by sending a written notification to the Depositary. 2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt by the Depositary of the notification of withdrawal, or at such later date as may be specified in the notification of withdrawal. 3. Any Party that withdraws from the Convention shall also be deemed to have withdrawn from this Agreement.

Article 29

The original of this Agreement, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

DONE at Paris on the twelfth day of December, two thousand and fifteen.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have affixed their signatures to this Agreement.

RCPI's note! The text of the Agreement is attached in English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese and French.

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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