“A safer and safer, more prosperous and free world.” In December 2015, that was the world President Barack Obama envisioned when he announced that the United States, along with nearly 200 other countries, had committed to the Paris Climate Agreement, an ambitious global action plan to combat climate change. By quantifying the damage of carbon pollution to society, Trump sees America as an island in itself — and we all know what climate change is doing to the islands. For example, under the agreement, China will be able to increase these emissions by an astonishing number of years – 13. They can do whatever they want for 13 years. Not us. India makes its participation dependent on receiving billions, billions and billions of dollars in foreign aid from developed countries. There are many other examples. But the bottom line is that the Paris Agreement at the highest level is very unfair to the United States. It is rare that there is consensus among almost all nations on a single issue. But with the Paris Agreement, world leaders agreed that climate change is driven by human behavior, that it poses a threat to the environment and all of humanity, and that global action is needed to stop it. A clear framework has also been put in place for all countries to make emission reduction commitments and strengthen these measures over time. Here are some key reasons why the deal is so important: Protesters gather near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Paris Agreement is the world`s first comprehensive climate agreement.
[15] You promised to give America the top spot in everything you do, and you`ve done it in a variety of ways – from trade and national security to protecting our border and the rights of Washington, D.C. And today, you put America first when it comes to international agreements and the environment. For the first time in history, the agreement brings all the nations of the world together in a single agreement to fight climate change. No responsible leader can inflict this crippling and enormous disadvantage on the workers – and the people – of their country. The fact that the Paris Agreement is hampering the United States while strengthening some of the most polluting countries in the world should dispel any doubt as to why foreign lobbyists want to keep our great country bound and bound by this agreement: it is about giving their country an economic advantage over the United States. That will not happen as long as I am president. I am sorry. (Applause) The agreement recognises the role of non-party stakeholders in the fight against climate change, including cities, other sub-national authorities, civil society, the private sector and others. Adoption of the historic Paris Agreement. In the first truly global agreement to mitigate climate change, 195 countries agree on a plan to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C above historic levels. It enters into force 11 months later.
At the 2011 UNITED NATIONS Climate Change Conference, the Durban Platform (and the ad hoc working group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) was established with the aim of negotiating a legal instrument for climate action from 2020 on or after 2020. The resulting agreement is expected to be adopted in 2015. [62] When the agreement received enough signatures on October 5, 2016 to cross the threshold, US President Barack Obama said, “Even if we achieve all the goals. we will only reach part of where we need to go. He also said that “this agreement will help delay or avoid some of the worst consequences of climate change. It will help other countries reduce their emissions over time and set bolder targets as technology advances, all within a robust transparency system that allows each country to assess the progress of all other nations. [ 27] [28] The Paris Agreement provides a sustainable framework that will guide global efforts for decades to come. .