The Paris Agreement is an international agreement
signed by almost all countries in the world to work
together to combat climate change and its impacts.
The agreement was adopted in 2015 by the 21st
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Change
(UNFCCC) and became legally binding in 2016.
The Paris Agreement's main goal is to keep the
global average temperature rise below 2 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue
eforts to limit the temperature increase even further
to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This is important because if
global temperatures continue to rise, it could lead to
devastating impacts on the planet such as more
frequent heatwaves, droughts, extreme weather
events, and rising sea levels, which would threaten
the lives and livelihoods of millions of people, as well
as biodiversity and ecosystems.
Under the Paris Agreement, each country sets its
own targets to reduce its emissions of greenhouse
gases and regularly reports on its progress.
PARIS AGREEMENT
The agreement also includes a mechanism for
countries to review and strengthen their emissions
reduction commitments over time.
The Paris Agreement is important because it is the
frst time that all countries have come together to
address the global challenge of climate change and
to work towards a common solution. By working
together, the world can reduce emissions, help to
slow down the efects of climate change and ensure
a more sustainable future for all.
WHAT IS THE 'PARIS AGREEMENT AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
The Paris Agreement is the international UN treaty of 2015 that aims to tackle climate change head on.
It's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global
temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with ambition to limit
the increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius
HOW THE 'PARIS AGREEMENT', WORKS?
Let's talk about how the Paris Agreement is going
to help us deal with the climate crisis.
FORESTS: KEY TO CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
When forests are destroyed, they release large quantities
of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes
to climate change.
Forests are the largest storehouse of carbon after the
oceans. However, when forests are destroyed by activities
such as logging and land conversion for agriculture, they
release large quantities of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
To help fght climate change, we need to stop this from
happening. Forests are actually a big part of the solution
to the climate problem.
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