THE climate accord reached by 195 countries in Paris on Saturday, which aims to halt global warming within this century, is truly a turning point in the fight against human-induced climate change. The Paris Agreement aims to end the fossil fuels era and, specifically, stop global warming. Exactly one month after the horrific Paris attack, the global leaders at the first time in the history of climate talks agreed to make the agreement which would replace the Kyoto Protocol. While the accord does not solve the climate change problem overnight, this time all countries are included in the efforts to reduce emissions unlike the tradition of the past climate talks. The accord is a comprehensive step to a new civilization of zero-carbon energy sources that will trigger invention, investment and global partnership where developing countries need assistance.
We welcome the global leaders for the initiative to protect the planets ecosystems. Scientists and leaders said the talks represented the world’s best hope of striking a deal that would begin to avert the most devastating effects of a warming planet. The new deal will not, on its own, solve global warming. It is not binding either. At best it is expected to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by about half to stave off an increase in atmospheric temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. The Paris deal is the turning point when the leaders of the fossil-based civilizations agreed to create new sources for energy which would ultimately replace all fossil fuels.
Till now, the Paris Agreement is the best successful step to protect the Homo sapiens from the human-induced climate change devastation for many causes. The deal, for the first time, obligates all the countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of how much they emit. The Paris talks persuaded all stakeholders, including the US and China, to agree to change causing the temperature goal reduction to 1.5°C, despite their initial strong opposition. The poorest and most vulnerable countries wanted the temperature goal to be changed from 2°C to 1.5°C, considering the vulnerability of the people of Bangladesh, Maldives and many small island states.
After the Paris carnage France President Francois Hollande made the decision to learn from the mistakes of the failure in Copenhagen and avoid those mistakes that instance. A team of Climate Envoys in the last few years visited all the states of the world to reach some common goals before the summit.
The task is complex yet the Paris agreement on climate is hopeful for the fact that the world leaders have been able to work together to keep the world safe from climate disaster. We still put more faith in technological innovation for saving the climate from carbon emission faults.
