The climate deal, which commits almost 200 countries for the first time to take steps over time to cut their greenhouse gas pollution, is the crowning achievement of Obama’s environment legacy. But it allows for some “flexibility” for developing countries that “need it”.
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Neil Thorns, Director of Advocacy at CAFOD, said: “This agreement opens a new chapter for action on climate change, with a target of limiting temperature increases to 1.5C”. The agreement says all countries must report on their emissions and their efforts the reduce them. It limits average global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures and strives for a limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) if possible.
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Under the agreement, poor nations will also be provided will financial assistance from wealthy countries to help implement policies and mechanisms which will effectively scale down emissions, The Guardian wrote Monday. In the past, global agreements of climate change have floundered due to political pressure in the U.S., and that risk must exist with Paris too.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the outcome of Paris agreement had no winners or losers and climate justice was the lone victor.
In a national address from the White House, US president Barrack Obama praised the accord, saying it establishes “the framework the world needs to solve the climate crisis”.
US President Barack Obama said the landmark deal is a “turning point” for the world and represents the “best chance” for mankind to save the planet. The agreement also calls for supporting the most vulnerable nations as they pursue cleaner economic growth.
The agreement – which is partly legally binding and partly voluntary – will come into being in 2020.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and his team made more than 100 official visits and held more than 400 bilateral meetings with 140 different countries over the past two years.
He said: “In fact, the Government has been taking us backwards on climate change action, including by cutting support for feed-in tariffs and the solar industry”.
The agreement reached here on Saturday will, if faithfully carried out, achieve far larger cuts in emissions than any previous climate accord.
The Paris Agreement will be deposited at the United Nations in NY and opened for one year for signature from 22 April 2016.
USA secretary of state John Kerry described the agreement as a “tremendous victory” for all of the planet and for future generations.
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In practical terms, achieving that goal means the world would have to stop emitting greenhouse gases altogether in the next half-century, scientists said.
