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Effectiveness of the Paris Agreement, 2019
Although it is too premature to assess the Paris Agreement, its comparatively sensible approach m... more Although it is too premature to assess the Paris Agreement, its comparatively sensible approach makes it more promising than the Kyoto Protocol which precedes it. The over reliance on fossil fuel for economic growth and development has destroyed the ozone layer and has exposed plant-earth to significant threats of climate change effects such as violent storms, droughts, sea-level rise, floods, and desertification among many others. Since the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in March 1994 and the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol (the world’s first GHG emissions reduction treaty) in 1997, the world has been searching for effective ways and means of mitigating the adverse effects of global warming. It would appear that the breakthrough came in December 2015 when 195 countries came together for the first time and agreed to take universal action to reduce global warming to well below 2°C, achieve net zero emissions, and increase climate change impact resilience. It can never be overstated that the adoption of the Paris Agreement represents a major turning point and new hope for climate change policy. However, as the issues surrounding the climate change debate are intricately linked with states’ economic growth and development, state parties will continue to have different views on how the Agreement should be implemented.
Effectiveness of the Paris Agreement, 2019
Although it is too premature to assess the Paris Agreement, its comparatively sensible approach m... more Although it is too premature to assess the Paris Agreement, its comparatively sensible approach makes it more promising than the Kyoto Protocol which precedes it. The over reliance on fossil fuel for economic growth and development has destroyed the ozone layer and has exposed plant-earth to significant threats of climate change effects such as violent storms, droughts, sea-level rise, floods, and desertification among many others. Since the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in March 1994 and the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol (the world’s first GHG emissions reduction treaty) in 1997, the world has been searching for effective ways and means of mitigating the adverse effects of global warming. It would appear that the breakthrough came in December 2015 when 195 countries came together for the first time and agreed to take universal action to reduce global warming to well below 2°C, achieve net zero emissions, and increase climate change impact resilience. It can never be overstated that the adoption of the Paris Agreement represents a major turning point and new hope for climate change policy. However, as the issues surrounding the climate change debate are intricately linked with states’ economic growth and development, state parties will continue to have different views on how the Agreement should be implemented.