The Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement & its Importance
By: Kartikeya Semwal
The Paris Agreement also known as ‘Paris Climate Change Agreement’ or the ‘Paris Climate Change Accord’ is an agreement under the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) which will deal with greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020. Till June 2017, 195 countries have signed it and 153 of them have ratified it. 

Under the agreement, each signatory country will determine, plan and report its contribution in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions to in turn reduce global warming and rise in global temperature. USA is the only country that has not signed the agreement due to its aggressive industrial policy. 

The Paris Agreement aims at keeping the global temperature rise in this century to below 2 degree Celsius. The agreement also aims to strengthen and improve the ability of all signatory countries to effectively deal with the impacts of climate change. To achieve this goal, the agreement will provide sufficient finances, technologies and capacity building framework to developing countries and to the most vulnerable ones. 

Some of the effective steps that can be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global temperature rise are:-
1.     Increasing green cover in most vulnerable and other developing countries through tree plantation.
2.     Replacing petrol and diesel powered vehicles with battery and solar-powered ones.
3.     Reducing industrial pollution through use of green and eco-friendly technologies.
4.     Proper garbage dumping and recycling, especially plastic and plastic based waste.
5.     Research based work to reduce the percentage of greenhouse gases from the air/atmosphere. This can be done by increasing oxygen in it.
Increasing water bodies through construction of artificial lakes and reviving the old ones that have now become dry. 

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