Climate Change Impacts And The Paris Agreement: Progress, Challenges, And The Way Forward
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Climate change is a major pressing global issue that requires immediate attention and action. In response to this global emergency, the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. However, the extent Paris Agreement has helped in mitigating the global effects of climate change remain a crucial issue to be critically examined. Thus, this position paper assesses climate change impacts and the Paris agreement; progress report, challenges and the way forward. In the study, the discussion of the Causes and effects of climate change, roles of ecosystems in climate change mitigation, the Paris Agreement’s objectives & progress and tracking country progress under the agreement in mitigating climate change and finally the way forward in enhancing the actualization of Paris Agreement was carried out. In conclusion, the Paris Agreement has clocked some successes in the war against the effects of climate change with many more required to derail the impact of climate change, however; the Paris Agreement is a vital international instrument, its objectives for effective climate change mitigation are not yet adequately realized. Based on the issues discussed, the study recommended among others that, Countries should step up their NDCs and long-term strategies to meet the goals set in the Paris Agreement and Developed countries must, on an urgent basis, deliver $100 billion per year for climate action in developing countries.
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