12 and to build climate resilience. The Agreement obligates developed countries to provide the support to countries like the Philippines, over and above their ODA, and over and above any humanitarian assistance in the event of disasters. There are several things that the Paris Agreement does NOT do: • The Paris Agreement does not ultimately solve climate change and is far from a perfect agreement. It will take more than the Paris Agreement to solve climate change once and for all. If we take into account this “voluntary system” of pledging climate action, the Paris Agreement is still going to bring us close to 3 degrees of global warming, which is unacceptable and unimaginable. However, no international agreement has the illusion of solving the problem once and for all. It is a very important step towards finding the lasting solution to climate change. • The Paris Agreement does not replace, supersede, or repeal the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UNFCCC remains as the framework convention for any new agreement and the Paris Agreement is under the UNFCCC. It should be noted that the UNFCCC is a well-balanced international treaty adopted in 1992 and all of its provisions and principles should continue to apply for all member states. The Paris Agreement does not supersede or repeal any provisions of the Convention. • The Paris Agreement does not yet take effect today. It only enters into force as an international treaty, but only takes effect post-2020. All stipulations under the Paris Agreement will only be implemented after the year 2020. • The Paris Agreement does not create legally binding mitigation commitments. The legal nature of ‘contributions’ is starkly different from ‘commitments’. The word “commitment” does not appear in the Paris Agreement, because developed countries (e.g. U.S., EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, etc) and emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, South Africa) refused to use the word "commitment.” Other developing countries like the Philippines wanted the use of “commitment” for developed countries, and “contribution” for developing countries. In the end, instead of all countries having “commitments”, all countries now have “contributions”. Until today, the legal bindingness of “contributions” is a gray area and erring on the side of caution, “contributions” should not be interpreted as being legally binding. Wittingly or unwittingly, the Paris Agreement in a way allows developed countries to evade the legally binding commitments they had under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. • The Paris Agreement does not terminate or conclude the negotiations in enhancing the implementation of the original Climate Convention. Between 2016 and 2020, negotiations will continue to determine the rules, mechanisms, and arrangements for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The