--- title: How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work description: How the climate deal uses transparency (and peer pressure) instead of int'l law. Also crowdfunding paying college athletes and more. canonical: https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T17:01:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:45.743Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 14, 2015 5:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 14, 2015 5:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**How the Paris climate deal will skip international law and rely on transparency (and a little peer pressure) instead.**](http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2015/12/12/two-cheers-for-the-paris-agreement-on-climate-change/) By Michael A. Levi at the Council on Foreign Relations **2\.** [**If colleges can’t pay athletes, maybe the fans can.**](http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article49606780.html) By Ben Strauss in the State **3\.** [**Let Puerto Rico declare bankruptcy.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-14/give-puerto-rico-bankruptcy-protections) By Bill de Blasio and Bob Buckhorn in Bloomberg View **4\.** [**These myths are hurting female entrepreneurs.**](http://recode.net/2015/12/09/seven-lies-women-entrepreneurs-need-to-stop-believing/) By Stephanie Tilenius in ReCode **5\.** [**African countries should ban skin lightening creams.**](https://theconversation.com/why-its-time-all-african-countries-took-a-stand-on-skin-lightening-creams-49780) By Lester M. Davids in the Conversation  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/"},"headline":"How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work","datePublished":"2015-12-14T17:01:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:45.743Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/","keywords":["Innovation","climate","colonialism","Puerto Rico","College football"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4147475/how-paris-climate-deal-works/","name":"How the Paris Climate Deal Will Work"}}]}] ```