Abstract: 2020 was the beginning of the critical decade for Climate Change. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement was an opportunity for countries to commit to temperature rises of no more than 2 degrees Celsius while aiming to keep rises in temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Countries were to revisit their National Determined Contributions in 2020, during the first Global Stocktake, and strengthen emissions reduction targets for 2030. In the first 5 years of the Paris Agreement there has been a rather restricted way of viewing Climate Change mitigation and adaptation procedures and many countries have failed to provide express legislative reform or national plans and agendas to help decrease carbon emissions and curb the impacts of climate change. In order for there to be meaningful change that is all encompassing, there must be wholistic change across all present and future legislative reforms. Climate Change mitigation and adaptation must be considered in all future policy and national agenda considerations. And Covid-19 Recovery has provided an opportunity to do so.
