When was the Paris agreement adopted?

The Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the Paris climate conference.

The date 5 October 2020 marks a later milestone and not the adoption.

The date 7 November 2018 belongs to no key stage of the agreement.

The date 8 July 1998 predates the agreement entirely and relates to an earlier era.

The agreement aims to hold global warming well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

It entered into force on 4 November 2016 after enough countries ratified it.