The impacts of global climate change are already being felt in the United States, including Michigan, and are projected to intensify in the future. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.This course will examine how public international institutions use their legal instruments to address climate change. Michigan's PCAP closely follows the framework and key strategies laid out in the MI Healthy Climate Plan (MHCP). The. The Nature Conservancy is taking action to address the impact of climate change on Michigan and the Great Lakes. Carbon neutrality, or "net-zero" carbon emissions, is a global objective. But until we do that, we're out of the agreement.