Combined the group of 31 nations represent over seven per cent of global emissions. Many Republican politicians do not often specifically mention climate change by name, instead focusing on U.S. energy independence and the economic impact of such deals. And that means we have crossed one the two thresholds, the 55 countries, so it’s well over, now let us work harder to get all this 7.5% greenhouse gas emissions added more.
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Heads of state cheer after the Paris Climate Change Agreement was signed at COP21, 2015, by 197 parties.
The United States and China, the world’s largest emitters, formally approved the agreement this month.
He also thanked the countries that deposited their instruments of ratification on Wednesday, as well as those world leaders who have submitted recorded video messages committing to join the Agreement before the end of the year. But, the magic figure of 55% does not appear to be far as 14 countries, accounting for 12.58% of the global emission, on Wednesday committed to join the Agreement this year – virtually assuring that the climate deal will enter into force in 2016.
In a Facebook post, Dr Balakrishnan said the ratification of the agreement was a “profound and moving journey” for the team of negotiators from various ministries undertaken over a number of years.
I appeal to all leaders to accelerate your domestic procedures to join the agreement this year.
The impossible is now inevitable. These targets are a critical element of the Paris Agreement as they represent the first time that all major countries have emissions reduction targets formally enshrined in an global climate agreement.
This will be a major achievement for multilateralism.
Scientists believe that achieving such goal would cost at least $90 trillion in the long term, and said costs would have to be paid mostly by governments and private industries, which has led to increasing discrepancies about signing nations whose industries would have to undergo severe reform. But the burning of oil, coal, and gas also caused most of the historical increase in atmospheric levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
He reiterated Nigeria’s commitment towards the Ogoni clean-up and stressed that it would host a high level side event on Climate Change, to showcase its efforts.
The Prime Minister says Fiji along with the other small island nations is on the frontlines of climate impacts.
“Walking away from Paris makes it less likely that the US will have a global leadership role, politically, economically, or morally”, the letter read.
It lays out a global plan to take steps aimed at limiting climate change.
Every country and every sector must play its part. The United States can and must be a major player in developing innovative solutions to the problem of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
Let us work together to make this world environmentally sustainable so that all of us, and our succeeding generations can live in peace and harmony.
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“I will be looking at that very, very seriously, and at a minimum I will be renegotiating those agreements, at a minimum”.
