The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Paris, resulted in the adoption of the Paris Agreement.
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The Short Version
The claim is directly and unambiguously confirmed by primary institutional sources. The UNFCCC's official COP 21 decisions, the UN Treaty Collection, and multiple corroborating documents all record that the Paris Agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015, at the 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris. The distinction between formal adoption and later entry into force does not affect the claim's accuracy, as it asserts only adoption.
Caveats
'Adoption' at COP21 refers to the formal decision (Decision 1/CP.21) approving the treaty text; the Agreement's legal force came later through signature, ratification, and entry into force on November 4, 2016.
The 'UN Climate Change Conference' label encompasses multiple bodies; the formal adoption was an act of the Conference of the Parties (COP), operating within that broader umbrella.