Saturday, September 3, 2016

Paris climate deal: the United States and China announced the ratification







The United States and China - now the world climate agreement is to ensure that both Paris - accounted for 40% of the world's carbon emissions simultaneously.
G20 leaders after arriving for a conference in the city of Hangzhou, Mr. Obama said, "History will judge Breakthrough effort as today."
Climate change is the driving force behind CO2 emissions.
Last December, an increase in global average temperature below -2 enough to keep the emission reductions agreed in the country.
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Climate deal mean for me?
Paris, the world's first comprehensive climate treaty agreement. Legally come into force only after at least 55 countries, between them produce 55% of global carbon emissions must be ensured by.
Saturday morning, at the end of a week-long session of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress "to approve the agreement in Paris to review and propose" adopted.Analysis: BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin
In fact, it is a huge step toward turning climate deal in Paris.
Other nations are still struggling on their own ratification, but this weekend's G -20 countries to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels and their commitment to move quickly to put pressure on.
But enough other players to step forward to become law, even if the Treaty of Paris, enormous challenges remain ahead.
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Earlier, China announced that 23 countries had so far ratified the agreement on the emissions accounted for only 1%.
US ratification of the White House announced in a statement issued Saturday morning.
Obama, in a speech to the Treaty of Paris to Hangzhou, "the single best opportunity to change the planet could end up with a problem that had to deal with," he said.
He praised the leadership of the US and China on climate change, he said: "We have set the goal that we are moving in the direction of the Earth."


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that "inspirational" leadership praised Obama called for.
Mr. Ban said that both Mr. Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping "visionary, daring and ambitious," it was said.
However, the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2C analysts warn is already prone to violations.
For 14 consecutive months, meteorologists recorded the hottest on record, and the UK Met Office has forecast that temperatures 1.1C above pre-industrial levels in 2016 are expected to be hit.
The increase in global temperatures in the coming years and is expected to feel the impact of carbon emissions.
Hangzhou G20 summit starts on Sunday.
As US President Barack Obama's Asia trip is expected to last.
However, as the National Security Adviser Susan Rice, White House officials, including the airport in Hangzhou on the pitch, there is a safety issue, and journalists tried to get close to the president. China's official shouting their shooed: "This is our country, this is our airport!"Treaty of Paris: the main points

    
2 "well below" and to pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C
    
Greenhouse gas emissions peak as soon as possible and in the second half of this century, the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in order to achieve a balance between
    
Every five years to review progress
    
2020 with the promise of more money in a developing country, the future climate finance $ 100bn a year
    
Once the agreement comes into force, countries that have ratified it to wait for a minimum of three years before they are able to quit

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