UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar hailed the Paris Agreement represents a turning point in the history of common human endeavor.
"The agreement is undoubtedly a turning point in the history of common human endeavor, capturing the combined political, economic and social will of governments, cities, regions, citizens, business and investors to overcome the existential threat of unchecked climate change," Espinosa and Mezouar said in a joint message on the occasion of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement.
"Paris delivered a gift of hope for every man, woman and child on the planet," the message said. "Today's celebration can also rest on the assurance that the policies, technology and finance to achieve these goals not only exist, but are being deployed as never before."
While this uNPRecedented achievement shows a clear commitment from countries across the globe to tackle climate change, much more needs to be done to translate this commitment into concrete action.
The goal to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid dangerous tipping points in the climate-system means that global emissions must be driven down rapidly from the current level.
Researches showed that even if all current climate action plans of countries were fully implemented, the world is on a path towards a temperature rising of about 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
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