According to an international team of researchers, four of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity. These are:

Today the Peruvian Presidency of COP20/CMP10, the incoming French Presidency of COP21/CMP11, the Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the UNFCCC Secretariat have confirmed their determination to work together this year to implement the Lima-Paris Action Agenda.

The Committee of the Regions has acknowledged the international climate deal struck during the UN talks in Peru. Annabelle Jaeger, member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and representing the Committee within the EU's delegation in Lima, warned however that though it was a step forward, a far greater level of ambition was needed to stop temperatures rising above 2°C when the major climate talks are held in Paris next year. She also described the last minute decision to delete the reference to local government as "another missed opportunity".

International negotiators at the Lima climate change talks have agreed on a plan to fight global warming that would for the first time commit all countries to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.