Paris Agreement enters into force on Nov 4, 2016
Q. How many states have signed the Paris Agreement as per Nov 2016?- Published on 07 Nov 16a. 172
b. 162
c. 182
d. 192
ANSWER: 182
The Paris Agreement has entered into force on
Nov 4, 2016.- The agreement involves GHG emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance.
- Paris Agreement’s entry into force comes after countries representing 55 percent of the world’s emissions joined the deal.
- As per Nov 2016, 192 states have signed the agreement.
- The EU is also a signatory to the agreement.
- 97 of these parties have ratified or accepted the agreement.
- Notable among these are the leading GHG emitters China, the US and India.
- The Paris Agreement is inked within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- Language of the agreement was negotiated by 195 nations at the 21st COP of the UNFCC in Paris.
- It was adopted by consensus on 12th December 2015.
- It was launched for the signatories on 22nd April 2016 in NYC.
- The EU ratified the agreement in Oct 2016.
- The agreement has come into force due to ratification by enough countries.
- The prime aim of the protocol is to limit global average temperature to well below 2 degree C above pre-industrial levels.
- COP has established a global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and lowering vulnerability to climate change.
- Averting, minimising and coping with losses due to climate change is another mitigation based goal.
Other aspects of the agreement focus on:- Technology Transfer
- Capacity Building
- Financing
- Implementation
- Review
