The two largest contributors to global carbon emissions, China and the United States, have ratified the hallmark Paris agreement to battle climate change.
The countries' ratification could help put the pact into force before the end of the year.
President Xi Jinping of China an US President Barack Obama called Saturday's announcement a milestone. Obama said the climate deal is "the moment we finally decided to save our planet".
China and the US are responsible for about 40 percent of total global carbon emissions. Other countries are expected to follow China and the US and ratify the deal later this month during the UN Climate Change week. "Hopefully this will encourage other countries to take similar efforts," President Xi said after today's announcement.
"The signal of the two large emitters taking this step together and taking it early, far earlier than people had anticipated a year ago, should give confidence to the global communities and to other countries that are working on their climate change plans, that they too can move quickly and will be part of a global effort", senior Obama adviser, Brian Reese, said...
Source: Al Jazeera News and agencies
3/9/16
The countries' ratification could help put the pact into force before the end of the year.
President Xi Jinping of China an US President Barack Obama called Saturday's announcement a milestone. Obama said the climate deal is "the moment we finally decided to save our planet".
China and the US are responsible for about 40 percent of total global carbon emissions. Other countries are expected to follow China and the US and ratify the deal later this month during the UN Climate Change week. "Hopefully this will encourage other countries to take similar efforts," President Xi said after today's announcement.
"The signal of the two large emitters taking this step together and taking it early, far earlier than people had anticipated a year ago, should give confidence to the global communities and to other countries that are working on their climate change plans, that they too can move quickly and will be part of a global effort", senior Obama adviser, Brian Reese, said...
Source: Al Jazeera News and agencies
3/9/16
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