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title: Paris Alignment or Paris Aligned
date: 2024-03-27T13:21:20Z
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## Definition

**Paris Alignment (or Paris Aligned)** means that the \[[GHG Reduction](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/ghg-reductions/)\] targets and \[[Climate Change Mitigation Measures](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/climate-change-mitigation-measures/)\] of \[the Company\] support the achievement of the \[[Paris Agreement Goals](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/paris-agreement-goals/) OR three goals set out in Articles 2.1 and 4.1 of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement\[.\] \[, in particular pursuing efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.5C) above pre-industrial levels\]\].

**Paris Alignment (or Paris Aligned)** means aligning with the \[[Paris Agreement Goals](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/paris-agreement-goals/) OR three goals set out in Articles 2.1 and 4.1 of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement\[.\]\[, in particular pursuing efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels\].

**Paris Aligned Investments** means investments that are aligned with the \[[Paris Agreement Goals](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/paris-agreement-goals/) OR Paris Agreement mitigation goal to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change\] by:

(a) holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels; and

(b) pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.