India ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate
Change on 2nd October 2016. The Instrument of Ratification was deposited by
India with the UN at an event organised in New York to commemorate
‘International Day on Nonviolence’ on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth
anniversary.
As per the
provisions of the Paris Agreement, the treaty will come into force as and when 55
countries contributing to 55% of total global emission ratify the agreement.
India's decision to ratify the agreement pushed the cumulative level of
emission of countries that had ratified the agreement as on 2nd October 2016 to
51.89%.
According
to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, while
agreeing to ratify the Paris Agreement, India has declared that it will treat
its national laws, its development agenda, availability of means of
implementation, its assessment of global commitment to combating climate
change, and predictable and affordable access to cleaner source of energy as
the context in which the Agreement is being ratified.
Here is a post on the website of the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (www.unfccc.int):
The
historic Paris Climate Change Agreement adopted in 2015 will enter into force
on 4 November. Please join the celebrations! On the day of the entry into force
on 4 November, you can celebrate the day by telling the world what the Paris
Agreement means for you, thereby helping to raise awareness for the need for
rapid action and what immediate solutions are. Below are some ideas on how
anyone can take part, from individual citizens to major corporations and
governments.
The
speed with which the agreement has entered into force underlines just how much
support climate action now has across the globe. The Paris Agreement is also an
integral part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also agreed in 2015.
What started as two agendas have merged into one bold vision of a better world
for every man, woman and child.
Under
the Paris Agreement, all nations have agreed to combat climate change and to
unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable
future that will keep a global average temperature rise well below 2 degrees
Celsius with the accepted international aim of working to limit it to 1.5
degrees Celsius.
The
Paris Agreement and the SDGs will be successful only if everyone fully supports
them and helps bring their ambitious goals to life with real action – from
national, regional and local leaders; from investors and businesses to citizens
who desire to live in a safe and prosperous world, and who want to actively
shape that world.
Some
questions for you:
- What are your hopes and aspirations for a better future
now that the Paris Agreement has entered into force?
- How do you think your country, region, city, firm or
organization can contribute?
- What are you personally ready to do now to make the
Paris Agreement work?
