A Shallow Lexicographical Analysis of the Paris Agreement on the Framework Convention on Climate Change (Draft Decision CP 21)

I don't know much about treaty language, and quite frankly I'm not even sure if this document is a treaty. You can read it for yourself here. If you're like me, you'll get bored reading it because it looks like hacked together code in a tortuous but logical syntax. Ultimately you want to know if the code will run and what it accomplishes. So you look toward the action words. Here is my analysis.

• Requests: 50
• Decides: 48
• Invites: 12
• Recognizes: 7
• Urges: 6
• Resolves: 4
• Agrees: 3
• Provides: 2
• Call Upon: 1
• Establishes: 1
• Notes With Concern: 1
• Acknowledges with Appreciation: 1

Also note missing words:

• Demands: 0
• Penalizes: 0
• Finances: 0 
• Guarantees: 0
• Assures: 0

 

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