UNION CABINET APPROVES RATIFICATION OF PARIS AGREEMENT:

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minigter Narendra Modi, on 28 September 2016, gave its approv#1 to ratify the Paris Agreement (on Cli­mate Change) on 2nd October 2016, the day of Gandhi Jayanti. The government's approval came on the birth an­niversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay. Paris Agree­ment was adopted by 185 nations on 12 December 2015 and India it in New York on 22 April 2016. A total of 191 countries have signed to the Paris Agreement so far. As per the provisions of the Paris Agreement, the treaty will come into force as and when 55 countries contributing to 55 % of total global emission ratify the agreement. So far, 61 countries have deposited their instruments of rat­ification, acceptance or approval accounting in total for 47.79% of the total  global  greenhouse gas emission. India's decision to retify the agreement  will take the number of cumulative level of emission of countries  that have retified the agreement so far to 51.89%.  Paris Agreement pertains to post - 2020 climate action .



Subscribe now  sbi po prelims exam syllabus