---
title: Climate Recitals
date: 2024-03-27T14:16:07Z
modified: 2026-01-29T15:08:49Z
permalink: "https://chancerylaneproject.org/clauses/climate-recitals/"
type: clause
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 2043
clause-application:
  - Commercial contract
climate-or-nature-outcome:
  - Decarbonisation
climate-solution:
  - Alignment with Paris Agreement
  - Promoting just transition
  - Reducing GHG emissions
content-type:
  - Clauses
contract-lifecycle-stage:
  - Contract drafting and negotiation
  - Pre-contract planning and mobilisation
direction-of-obligation:
  - No obligation - non binding
jurisdiction:
  - England & Wales
law-or-regulation:
  - Paris Agreement
  - UNFCCC
legal-concept-activity:
  - Explaining parties intentions
maintenance-status:
  - Maintained
primary-user:
  - Parties to a contract
standard-or-framework:
  - Race to Zero
tclp-principle:
  - Introduce climate provisions
  - Prepare contracts
clause_child_name: "Eddie's Recitals"
clause_summary: "<p>Recitals that confirm the intentions of the parties to perform the contract in a way that reduces their organisational greenhouse gas emissions and the emissions associated with the contract. </p>"
clause_last_updated_date: 2026-01-22
related_clauses: false
---

## Child’s name

Eddie’s Recitals

## Summary

Recitals that confirm the intentions of the parties to perform the contract in a way that reduces their organisational greenhouse gas emissions and the emissions associated with the contract.

## What this clause does

These recitals make climate a key consideration for the contract parties. While non-binding, recitals that expressly refer to climate raise the prominence of climate in the contractual relationship and signal the importance of climate to the parties when performing the contract.

## Clause Content

(A) The parties \[have \[_insert common purpose between the parties, for example, where both have signed up to the_ [_Race to Zero_](https://www.climatechampions.net/campaigns/race-to-zero/)_, or both have set a Net Zero Target_\] and\] acknowledge their common intention to:

(1) achieve their respective \[climate OR decarbonisation OR net zero\] targets in a manner that promotes a [just transition](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/just-transition/) to a low-carbon economy; and

(2) align with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, in particular limiting global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit this to 1.5 degrees Celsius and achieve net-zero or net-negative emissions by 2050 or sooner.

(B) The parties acknowledge their common intention to perform their obligations under this Agreement in a manner which facilitates the pursuit of their goals set out in recital (A) \[through credible and consistent carbon reduction\] OR \[through achieving year on year reductions in [GHG Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) consistent with the objectives in recital (A)\].

## Updates

**January 2026**

This clause has been updated following a routine Quality Assurance review.

## Topics

**Clause Applications:** [Commercial contract](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/clause-application/commercial-contract/)

**Climate or nature outcomes:** [Decarbonisation](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/climate-or-nature-outcome/decarbonisation/)

**Climate solutions:** [Alignment with Paris Agreement](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/climate-solution/alignment-with-paris-agreement/), [Promoting just transition](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/climate-solution/promoting-just-transition/), [Reducing GHG emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/climate-solution/reducing-ghg-emissions/)

**Content types:** [Clauses](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/content-type/clauses/)

**Contract lifecycle management stages:** [Contract drafting and negotiation](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/contract-lifecycle-stage/contract-drafting-and-negotiation/), [Pre-contract planning and mobilisation](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/contract-lifecycle-stage/pre-contract-planning-and-mobilisation/)

**Direction of obligations:** [No obligation - non binding](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/direction-of-obligation/no-obligation-non-binding/)

**Jurisdictions:** [England & Wales](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/jurisdiction/england-wales/)

**Law or regulations:** [Paris Agreement](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/law-or-regulation/paris-agreement/), [UNFCCC](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/law-or-regulation/unfccc/)

**Legal concept, activity or principles:** [Explaining parties intentions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/legal-concept-activity/explaining-parties-intentions/)

**Maintenance status:** [Maintained](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/maintenance-status/maintained/)

**Primary users:** [Parties to a contract](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/primary-user/parties-to-a-contract/)

**Standard or frameworks:** [Race to Zero](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/standard-or-framework/race-to-zero/)

**TCLP principles:** [Introduce climate provisions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/tclp-principle/introduce-climate-provisions/), [Prepare contracts](https://chancerylaneproject.org/news/tclp-principle/prepare-contracts/)