U.N. Climate Change Conference Turns to Implementing Paris Agreement
U.N. Climate Change Conference Turns to Implementing Paris Agreement
By
BILL SPINDLE and AMY HARDER
Nov. 7, 2016 5:30 a.m. ET
A year after nearly 200 nations agreed to a global pact in Paris to combat climate change, a United Nations conference this week ushers in the hard work of turning the plan into action.
The conference, known as COP22, which kicks off Monday in Marrakesh, Morocco, benefits from the unexpectedly quick adoption of the Paris agreement. It entered into force Friday after at least 55 signatories representing more than 55% of global emissions previously ratified it, including the U.S., China, the European Union and India.
“The politically difficult step was Paris,” said Robert Stavins, an environmental economist at Harvard University. “The technically difficult steps now remain.”
The agreement is a collection of self-imposed national plans for holding emissions to a level scientists believe will prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). But the past year contained many reminders of how difficult implementing the agreement will be compared with the feel-good exercise of approving and ratifying it.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- U.N.
WHEN- Nov. 7, 2016
WHAT- Implementing Paris Agreement
WHY- U.N. Climate Change Conference
WHERE- Marrakesh, Morocco
HOW-not given
Keywords:
Usher in (phr.): 開始
Emission (n.): 發行
Ratify (v.): 批准
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