{"id":11151,"date":"2015-10-02T18:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:04:05","slug":"ban-welcomes-submission-of-climate-action-plans-by-147-nations-ahead-of-paris-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2015\/10\/ban-welcomes-submission-of-climate-action-plans-by-147-nations-ahead-of-paris-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban welcomes submission of climate action plans by 147 nations ahead of Paris conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/\">Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the submission of national climate action plans by 147 countries, accounting for over 85 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, calling it a \u201cpositive first step\u201d towards achieving a universal climate change agreement this December.<\/p>\n<p>The action plans, or Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), will form the basis of the agreement expected to be reached at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP21, to be held in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/statements\/index.asp?nid=9087\">statement<\/a> issued by Mr. Ban\u2019s spokesperson noted that the submission of INDCs at the 1 October milestone provides a solid foundation for a universal and meaningful agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary-General welcomes these INDCs as a positive first step,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe calls on countries to include provisions in a Paris agreement that will enable them to regularly review and strengthen the ambition level of their national commitments in line with science,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Paris agreement must be a turning point, and send a loud and clear signal to citizens and the private sector that the transformation of the global economy is inevitable, beneficial, and already underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General encouraged all countries that have not already done so to submit their INDCs before the Paris conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=52109#.Vg6qDflVhBc\">via UN News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the submission of national climate action plans by 147 countries, accounting for over 85 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, calling it a \u201cpositive first step\u201d towards achieving a universal climate change agreement this December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}