MARRAKECH, Morocco, Nov. 17 -- As the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) draws near the end in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, the world is watching whether this conference would be an occasion to maintain the momentum for action.
The Morocco climate conference came right after the coming into force on Nov. 4 of the December 2017 Paris Agreement, which has been ratified by 110 countries as of Nov. 15, a pace rarely seen in history.
"The Paris Agreement is a milestone achievement in the multilateral process on climate change," said Xie Zhenhua, special representative on climate change affairs of China.
The agreement aims to hold the global average temperature rise to below 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and strives to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Taking into account the needs and priorities of developing countries, the parties agreed to work to define a clear roadmap on ratcheting up climate finance to 100 billion U.S. dollars a year by 2020.
Unlike the top-down approach of the Kyoto Protocol, which is a compulsory order to developed countries to cut emissions, the Paris Agreement, the second legally binding document under the UNFCCC, takes a bottom-up approach.
The international community has pinned high hopes on the Morocco climate conference to give clear direction on how to render the Paris Agreement into concrete action.
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