Iran’s Zarif signs Paris Agreement on climate change
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signs the Paris Agreement on climate change during a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York , April 22, 2016. (AFP ) * * *
Iran ’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has signed the historic Paris Agreement on climate change during a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York.French President Francois Hollande was the first leader who signed the deal on Friday. According to UN, a record 175 countries, including the world's top producers of greenhouse gases China and the United States , inked the accord, raising hopes of restraining global warming. The ceremony, held on the 46th Earth Day , was the largest ever single-day signing of an international accord. The agreement, reached in Paris in December 2015 , can now require countries to fulfill the promises they made to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
France 's President Francois Hollande signs the Paris Agreement during a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York, April 22, 2016. (AFP) * * *
"Most countries, though not all, need to take the signed document and go back home and go to ratification procedures that in most countries requires parliamentary discussion and decision," UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said. (Watch her TED talk to understand how the Paris agreement will slow the climate change.) Many countries still need a parliamentary vote to officially ratify the accord. China and the US , which together account for 38 percent of global emissions, pledged to formally adopt the deal by the end of the year. The deal will enter into force 30 days after at least 55 countries that together produce 55 percent of the world's greenhouse gases formally approve it. According to the World Resource Institute, the signatories at the UN ceremony together account for 93 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris deal, agreed by 195 countries plus the European Union , sets the objective of curbing global warming to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit ) above pre-industrial levels, by moving to clean energy. The first quarter of the current year broke temperature records, and the last year was the hottest year since record-keeping began in the 19th century. The UN's former climate agreement, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, came into force in 2005. It dictated cuts in greenhouse gas emissions only for developed countries, unlike the Paris Agreement that involves both developed and developing countries, and allows all states to set national targets. Parties and signatories As of 22 April 2016, 174 states and the European Union have signed the Agreement. Additionally, 15 states have ratified the Agreement. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Congo , Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Korea , North Korea, South Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia , Republic of Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe --- --- ...
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