“A very good agreement took place in Paris, which was welcomed globally”.
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The deal represents the first time that almost every nation in the world has committed to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and includes provisions to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible.
Gates is an optimist who says “in science, miracles are happening all the time”. Yet action on global warming has been delayed for so long, and emissions allowed to rise so high, that reaching either target will be exceedingly hard, experts say. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which sought to cut emissions 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012, was doomed from the start.
Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic minority leader, said climate change poses one of the greatest threats the world has ever known, and that no country acting alone can stem the tide.
She said the existing deal would mean a 2.7-degree increase in global temperatures, and so more had to be done. “This time all countries are there”, Mr Javadekar said. In the run-up to the conference, Cleetus said utilities and other power companies should be already be thinking about adapting to a future with more carbon constraints, since the investments they make today will set the stage for climate mitigation in mid-century and beyond.
The president took credit for the successful negotiations.
AN “HISTORIC” worldwide deal has been agreed by 195 countries in a bid to avoid risky climate change. These necessary changes will help support a safe and cleaner world for future generations.
He said that he will brief Parliament about the developments in Paris and how it will benefit India.
President Barack Obama praised a landmark climate change agreement, saying it could be “a turning point for the world”.
What needs to be done next to implement this agreement. The agreement imposes no specific conditions on the developing countries’ entitlement to these funds other than presumably to sign on as a party to the agreement, submit their voluntary, non-enforceable action plan and agree to non-enforceable reporting and monitoring measures.
We pushed for accountability, transparency, forest protection, an opening for markets, regular strengthening of national commitments – and, above all, for an agreement that would actually make a significant difference for the climate.
As the dust settles on the “historic” Paris Agreement secured at United Nations talks in the French capital, it is clear that tackling climate change is going to require much more than a piece of paper. As was the case with the fundamentally flawed nuclear Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action it entered into with Iran, however, the Obama administration’s zealous pursuit of a nice-sounding climate change agreement has led the United States into a sucker’s deal.
Together, we made progress because the nations of the world – developed and developing, north and south, large and small – moved beyond the old excuses for delay and pledged substantial cuts in the pollution that is damaging our climate.
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“Now the real work begins, as public and private sectors must drive forward commercial solutions that accelerate renewable energy, energy-efficiency technologies and innovations that promote sustainability”, said Dr. Al Jaber.
