The Paris Agreement is increasingly being used as an analogy in global environmentalpolitics to discuss issues beyond climate change. This Forum article explores the twomain ways in which this analogy has been discursively employed: as a symbol of diplomaticsuccess to be emulated and as a model for institutional treaty design. It illustratesthe broader meanings associated with the Paris Agreement, reflecting its preeminent publicand political profile among environmental issues just a few years into its history andits potential significance in shaping subsequent global environmental negotiations.
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