Based on recommendations in the AZ Climate Change Action Plan, Governor. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.Companies in Phoenix are establishing climate goals and developing the technologies that will power a lowcarbon, zero waste economy. Climate Mitigation Goal. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997. Owing to a complex ratification process, it entered into force on 16 February 2005. No thematic programming to allow Parties to focus on the final stages of the negotiations. Annex 3: Climate Finance Action Fund. Consideration had been given to climate change risks in the policy. "Climate change is already harming Arizona and threatens to further stress the Colorado River," Stanton said.