At the multilateral level, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement on climate change provide the basis for governments to cooperate in finding a global response to climate change. Singapore is committed to supporting a multilateral rules-based system as embodied by the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. Singapore ratified the UNFCCC in 1997 and acceded to the Kyoto Protocol in 2006. We ratified the Paris Agreement in September 2016, and was one of the first 55 Parties to do so, thereby contributing to the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement on 4 November 2016. Although we contribute around 0.11% of global emissions, we pledged in 2009 to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 7-11% below business-as-usual (BAU) levels in 2020 and to further reduce our emissions by 16 % if there is a legally binding global agreement. Under the Paris Agreement, we made a further commitment to reduce our emissions intensity by 36% from 2005 levels by 2030, and to stabilise our greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of peaking around 2030.