What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and why is it important?
3 years, 1 month ago

What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and why is it important?

The Telegraph  

The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 by almost every global nation, with the aim of tackling climate change and limiting its negative consequences. Over the next 20 years developing countries became increasingly involved in interim agreements, and the rigid, legally binding structure of Kyoto was gradually abandoned, laying the foundation for the Paris Agreement. Developing countries, and those which are already being impacted by the effects of climate change, such as island nations, wanted to ensure the inclusion of the more ambitious 1.5C target, arguing that 2C of warming would put many of them underwater. The “intended nationally determined contributions” became simply “nationally determined contributions” and were enshrined in Article 3 of the agreement, which said they must “undertake and communicate ambitious efforts” to tackle climate change.

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Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cause and Effect | Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: NDC synthesis report

Hindustan Times  

The latest Nationally Determined Contributions synthesis report reveals a stark reality. NDCs are national climate action plans updated every five years by countries to align with the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C, ideally to 1.5°C. While the broad participation in the NDC process — with 168 latest NDCs representing 195 Parties and …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great
2 months ago

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

NPR  

How is the world doing on climate change? Global greenhouse gas emissions rose to a new record in 2023, and if countries do not change course, the world will see warming of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. That would blow past the targets set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement: Countries have agreed to …

Paris Climate Agreement and the 1.5 degree Celsius pact holding Earth's future
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Climate Agreement and the 1.5 degree Celsius pact holding Earth's future

India Today  

As we enter the ninth year since the Paris Climate Agreement, the world has set a new record with the highest temperatures ever documented, as global warmth surpasses the 1.5°C threshold. THE PARIS AGREEMENT: A PACT TO TEMPER THE EARTH In December 2015, the world made a solemn vow in the heart of Paris, uniting in a historic commitment to …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

The New Delhi Declaration and Paris Agenda show a way forth
1 year, 3 months ago

The New Delhi Declaration and Paris Agenda show a way forth

Live Mint  

At the end of June, a historic summit on international solidarity concluded the Paris Agenda for People and the Planet. Two, facing different needs, countries may need to pursue diverse transition paths while coming together to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Fortunately, we have already achieved the target of $100 billion worth of special drawing rights …

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’

Al Jazeera  

Climate change is causing human rights emergencies around the world, the United Nations human rights chief says, specifically highlighting Iraq’s “spiralling damage” from global warming. In view of the record global temperatures this year, Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change to prevent “the worst climate chaos”. At last year’s UN COP27 climate …

‘Much more needed’ to achieve Paris climate goals: UN report
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Much more needed’ to achieve Paris climate goals: UN report

Al Jazeera  

UN says world is not on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, including capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Yet the world is not on track to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.” According to the report, there was a “rapidly narrowing window” to implement existing commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 …

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day

Al Jazeera  

Crucial climate talks in Egypt to run past deadline as key issues including funds to help victim nations remain pending. EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said the bloc’s proposal on funding for loss and damage and mitigation was “a final offer” that sought to “find a compromise” between countries. But I hope we can avoid that.” ‘No money in the …

What it will take to avert a global climate catastrophe
2 years, 2 months ago

What it will take to avert a global climate catastrophe

The Hindu  

When Hurricane Ian struck Florida and Cuba a few days ago, it gave scientists and activists another attention-grabbing moment to tell people that climate change was already having a deadly impact on their lives. The instrument ratified by almost all countries to avert dangerous climate change through a phasing down of greenhouse gas emissions is the Paris Agreement under the …

Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals
2 years, 5 months ago

Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. “Even if Europe meets all of its climate goals and the rest of us don’t, we all lose,” said Kate Larsen, head of international energy and climate for the research firm Rhodium Group. Seven years ago, when almost …

Paris Agreement: What is the importance of the global climate deal?
3 years, 1 month ago

Paris Agreement: What is the importance of the global climate deal?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy On 12 December, 2015, for the first time in history, the world united behind a …

What is the Paris Agreement and why has Biden rejoined the climate pact?
3 years, 1 month ago

What is the Paris Agreement and why has Biden rejoined the climate pact?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement on his first day in office, one of …

Climate change: Over 99.9% of studies agree that global warming is mainly caused by humans
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate change: Over 99.9% of studies agree that global warming is mainly caused by humans

Daily Mail  

Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. Nitrogen dioxide The gas nitrogen dioxide comes from burning fossil fuels, car exhaust emissions and the use of nitrogen-based fertilisers used in agriculture. Air pollution comes from burning fossil fuels, cars, cement making and agriculture Scientists measure the rate of particulates in the air by cubic …

Paris agreement signees should be more ambitious with their climate goals: UN
3 years, 4 months ago

Paris agreement signees should be more ambitious with their climate goals: UN

Firstpost  

Only just over half of countries that are party to the accord have submitted updated proposals for limiting their carbon emissions. Countries that have signed up to the Paris accord to tame climate change need to be more ambitious in their own national efforts, the UN’s climate chief said on Saturday. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty …

Researchers: Climate pledges see world closing on Paris goal
3 years, 7 months ago

Researchers: Climate pledges see world closing on Paris goal

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Recent pledges by the United States and other nations could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, but only if efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” by 2050 succeed, scientists said Tuesday. But if 131 countries that make up almost three-quarters of global emissions actually meet their pledged …

Climate pledges ‘far short’ of meeting Paris Agreement goals, UN warns
3 years, 9 months ago

Climate pledges ‘far short’ of meeting Paris Agreement goals, UN warns

CNN  

CNN — The planet is on “red alert” because governments are failing to meet their climate change goals, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday. He described 2021 as a “make or break year” following the release of a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change report analyzing the updated climate action plans submitted by 75 nations ahead of November’s …

US officially rejoins the Paris climate accord
3 years, 10 months ago

US officially rejoins the Paris climate accord

CNN  

CNN — The United States officially rejoined the landmark international accord to limit global warming known as the Paris Agreement on Friday. On Twitter Friday, Secretary of State Tony Blinken called it “a good day in our fight against the climate crisis” and promised that the US would “waste no time in engaging our partners around the world to build …

US officially rejoins Paris climate agreement
3 years, 10 months ago

US officially rejoins Paris climate agreement

India Today  

The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades. Those measures will form the backbone of Washington's next emissions reduction goal, or Nationally Determined Contribution, to be announced before a global climate leaders summit Biden will host on …

U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change
3 years, 10 months ago

U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change

NPR  

U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP The United States on Friday officially rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change designed to limit global warming and avoid its potentially catastrophic impacts. "Its purpose is both simple and expansive: to help us all avoid catastrophic planetary warming and to build resilience …

The US has returned to the Paris Agreement. What does this mean for climate change?
3 years, 11 months ago

The US has returned to the Paris Agreement. What does this mean for climate change?

ABC  

Within hours of becoming president, Joe Biden has moved to recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement — the internationally binding treaty to combat climate change. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the US is responsible for 15 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Prior to its withdrawal from Paris, the United States aimed to …

Five years since Paris, an opportunity to build back better
4 years ago

Five years since Paris, an opportunity to build back better

The Hindu  

December 12 marked the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The international community, including the European Union and India, gathered at the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 to celebrate and recognise our resolve in working towards a safer, more resilient world with net-zero emissions. Comment | The Paris Agreement is no panacea Green recovery In the midst of this pandemic, is …

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working
4 years ago

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Saturday, exactly five years after the Paris climate …

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working
4 years ago

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

Associated Press  

The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term. On Saturday, exactly five years after the Paris climate agreement was struck, world leaders will gather virtually to both celebrate progress and chart the next steps. But Swedish teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg on Thursday blasted world leaders …

What the Paris Agreement means for the climate crisis
4 years ago

What the Paris Agreement means for the climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

The adoption of the Paris Agreement on December 12, 2015, marked the beginning of a journey towards limiting the global temperature increase to below 2°C. The Paris accord kick-started a journey of relentless and collective action towards achieving a global common good, accomplished through diverse, locally appropriate, but carbon-emission reducing actions. The agreement has been able to bring together the …

The Paris Agreement on climate change and India’s low-emission future
4 years ago

The Paris Agreement on climate change and India’s low-emission future

Live Mint  

It’s hard to get more than a handful of nations to agree on anything most of the time. 12 December marks exactly five years since that landmark moment, and with the impact of climate change making itself felt with every passing year, the Paris Agreement is more important than ever before. Although not explicitly stated in the Paris Agreement, the …

Paris Accord Alone Does Not Get the Job Done, Says Biden's Special Envoy on Climate Change
4 years, 1 month ago

Paris Accord Alone Does Not Get the Job Done, Says Biden's Special Envoy on Climate Change

News 18  

Asserting that the world must come together to solve the problem of climate change, John Kerry, who has been named special presidential envoy for climate change by United States President-elect Joe Biden said the historic Paris agreement alone does not get the job done. President-elect Biden has put forward a bold, transformative climate plan that lives up to the moment, …

Paris Accord | A race against the clock to keep the planet cool
4 years, 1 month ago

Paris Accord | A race against the clock to keep the planet cool

The Hindu  

The U.S. could become the leader in the world’s quest to avert dangerous climate change under a Joe Biden presidency, marking a return to global cooperation and reversing President Donald Trump’s isolationist rejection of efforts to cut carbon emissions. On November 4, a year after serving notice, and three years after expressing its intent, the U.S., under Mr. Trump, formally …

Cities and Sub-State Actors Stepping Up to Lead on Climate Change
7 years ago

Cities and Sub-State Actors Stepping Up to Lead on Climate Change

CNN  

The Paris Agreement, signed two years ago, has garnered international support despite the recent withdrawal of the United States. The remaining countries are now stepping up to fill the void left by the US. Leaders from France, India, China, and the European Union have expressed their commitment to upholding the accord and achieving the goal of limiting global warming to …

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