On 12 December 2015, countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement. The legal nature of this new, international agreement requires the following actions and steps to bring it into force. How the large number of national climate plans will be handled in relation to the agreement is also explained below.
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The high profile UN summit on climate change in Paris appears to have had little impact on the decision making and worries of global business leaders. Despite concerns about its impact on extreme weather events, such as recent flooding in the UK, climate change failed to register near the top of the list of business threats,
Hailed as one of the greatest diplomatic efforts of the past 30 years, 196 countries came to an agreement on December 12th, to take steps to reduce the risk of a global temperature rise beyond 2 degrees. An effort that once again went down to the wire, theagreement represents the start of a long road towards climate change mitigation. It’s a road that many are already calling unrealistic, but for others the agreement itself was a major achievement because it’s the first time that all the major parties, including the United States, were able to reach a consensus.
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Negotiators at the Paris summit aim to wrap up a global agreement to curb climate change on Saturday – a day later than expected. “We are nearly there. I’m optimistic,” said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is chairing the summit. Efforts to forge a deal faltered on Friday, forcing the talks to overrun.
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Le emissioni italiane contabilizzate in Ets (emission trading scheme) continuano a calare: nel 2014 – secondo il report di Ecoway, il principale operatore italiano della gestione e del trading della commodity CO2 – si registra un -7,4% rispetto al 2013, quando il calo era stato dell’8,2% rispetto al 2012. Anno su anno c’è un lieve “calo del calo” che potrebbe essere confermato anche per il 2015: i dati finora raccolti risultano abbastanza allineati.
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The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. And so, as the Paris climate talks get underway, we’ve provided quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change. You can submit your own questions here.
