{"id":17025,"date":"2016-04-22T20:29:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T20:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=17025"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:00:30","slug":"today-is-an-historic-day-says-ban-as-175-countries-sign-paris-climate-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/04\/today-is-an-historic-day-says-ban-as-175-countries-sign-paris-climate-accord\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Today is an historic day,\u2019 says Ban, as 175 countries sign Paris climate accord"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement<\/a> at United Nations Headquarters today, Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon said the next critical step is to ensure that the landmark accord for global action on climate change enters into force as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is an historic day,\u201d Mr. Ban told<\/a> reporters at a press conference following the opening ceremony of the signing event. \u201cThis is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the UN chief, the participation by so many countries and the attendance by so many world leaders leaves \u201cno doubt\u201d that the international community is determined to take climate action. He also welcomed the strong presence of the private sector and civil society, saying they are \u201ccrucial to realizing the great promise of the Paris Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adopted in Paris by the 196 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC<\/a>) at a conference known as (<\/a>COP21<\/a>) last December, the Agreement\u2019s objective is to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius, and to strive for 1.5 degrees Celsius. It will enter into force 30 days after at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, deposit their instruments of ratification.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf all the countries that have signed today take the next step at the national level and join the Agreement, the world will have met the requirement needed for the Paris Agreement to enter into force,\u201d Mr. Ban highlighted, congratulating the 15 Parties that have already deposited their instruments for ratification.<\/p>\n

These Parties include Barbados, Belize, Fiji, Grenada, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Somalia and Tuvalu.<\/p>\n

Speaking alongside the Secretary-General, French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande applauded all those who made it possible to reach the second stage of the process \u2013 the signing of the document.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to underscore that in Paris, it wasn\u2019t just a single agreement that was brought about and needs to be ratified,\u201d Mr. Hollande told the press. \u201cIn Paris, there were also four initiatives that were launched: the\u00a0International Solar Energy Alliance<\/a>, the development plan for renewable energy, the innovation mission with

[United States] President Obama, and finally the high-level coalition to set a price for fossil fuels and coal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He insisted that France needs to be role model and set the example, not just because it was the place where the accord was reached, but because the country contributed to the solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance should be an example to show that it wants to be the first \u2013 or one of the first \u2013 not just to ratify but also to implement the contents of the Agreement,\u201d Mr. Hollande stated, noting that his country will increase its annual financing for climate from three to five billion euros per year between now and 2020.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in two weeks, the UN chief will co-host the Climate Action 2016 meeting in Washington D.C., which is expected to bring together leaders and experts from many fields, including government, business, civil society and academia, ahead of the next COP in Morocco in November.<\/p>\n

via UN News Centre<\/a>

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