About 195 countries have unanimously agreed to adopt universal climate agreement, signalling the commitment to cut down the rate of greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming, according to the Daily Nation.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the world had entered a new era of global cooperation on one of the most complex issues ever to confront humanity. More importantly, by adopting the agreement, countries across the globe have committed to end fossil-fuel domination and they have to ensure that net greenhouse gas emissions are zero in the second half of the century.
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Global temperatures increased by about 1 degree Celsius since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and experts said curbing the overall increase at 1.5 degrees could already be impossible.
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Modi also had bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines, and agreed their nations would work closely in fighting climate change.
Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo said that the agreement would not create much positive development.
“Today we can be more confident that this planet is going to be in better shape for the next generation”, the president said. “This deal alone won’t dig us out the hole we’re in, but it makes the sides less steep”. Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris Saturday to demand further action.
As well as covering mitigation – efforts to reduce carbon emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal – the agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with climate change impacts.
In the “Paris agreement,” countries would commit to keeping average global temperatures from rising another degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) between now and 2100, a key demand of poor countries ravaged by rising sea levels and other effects of climate change.
India’s Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, added: “While give and take is normal in negotiations, we’re of the opinion that the agreement could have been more ambitious”.
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Not only that, developed countries will also be required to help developing countries in this process, with developed countries having to send $100 billion per year to developing countries, a figure that is set to increase with time. By 2050, the agreement suggests that man-made emissions should be reduced to a level that forests and oceans can absorb.
