5. In the event of failure by the Parties to such an agreement to achieve their total combined
level of emission reductions, each Party to that agreement shall be responsible for its own level
of emissions set out in the agreement.
The Kyoto Protocol was an international agreement by which all ratifying countries communicated with each other to assure the CO2 levels would never exceed agreed levels. Should the bottom line commitment fail each participating country would still seek to achieve it's own goal commitment.
In the new Paris Agreement nearly every country on Earth is committed. That is new. Now, the petroleum industry cannot simply take their greed to a country that is a non-participant. The entire of Earth is pulling in the same direction for the same result.
6. If Parties acting jointly do so in th in the event of failure to achieve the total combined level of emission reductions, framework of, and together with, a regional economic integration organization which is itself a Party to this Protocol, each member State of that regional economic integration organization individually, and together with the regional economic integration organization acting in accordance with Article 24, shall, be responsible for its level of emissions as notified in accordance with this Article.
The Kyoto Protocol was an international agreement by which all ratifying countries communicated with each other to assure the CO2 levels would never exceed agreed levels. Should the bottom line commitment fail each participating country would still seek to achieve it's own goal commitment.
In the new Paris Agreement nearly every country on Earth is committed. That is new. Now, the petroleum industry cannot simply take their greed to a country that is a non-participant. The entire of Earth is pulling in the same direction for the same result.
6. If Parties acting jointly do so in th in the event of failure to achieve the total combined level of emission reductions, framework of, and together with, a regional economic integration organization which is itself a Party to this Protocol, each member State of that regional economic integration organization individually, and together with the regional economic integration organization acting in accordance with Article 24, shall, be responsible for its level of emissions as notified in accordance with this Article.
