PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT

              PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT

                                                                                     -AACHAL BURANDE

                      Paris Agreement is an international agreement to combat climate change. From 30 November to 11 December 2015, the governments of 195 nations gathered in Paris, France, and discussed a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and thus reduce the threat of dangerous climate change. The 32-page Paris agreement with 29 articles is widely recognized as a historic deal to stop global warming.

                

As countries around the world recognized that climate change is a reality, they came together to sign a historic deal to combat climate change – Paris Agreement. The aims of Paris Agreement is as below: Keep the global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level. Pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

                 Strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. It's the world's first comprehensive climate agreement, with all countries expected to pitch in.

The previous emissions treaty, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, only included rich countries.​ Canada signed on to Kyoto, but later backed out in 2011. The deal also calls on developed nations to give $100 billion annually to developing countries by 2020. This would help these poorer countries combat climate change and foster greener economies.Countries will be tasked with preparing, maintaining and publishing their own greenhouse gas reduction targets. The agreement says these targets should be greater than the current ones and "reflect [the] highest possible amibition." These targets will be reviewed and revised every five years starting in 2023.