climate change

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hope withers

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  • SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT and CLIMATE ACTION
    • The United Nations launched its sustainable development agenda in 2015, reflecting the growing understanding by Member States that a development model that is sustainable for this and future generations offers the best path forward for reducing poverty and improving the lives of people everywhere.
    • At the same time, climate change began making a profound impact on the consciousness of humanity.
    • Building a more sustainable global economy will help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
    • The central aim of the Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, or even below 1.5 degrees Celsius. 
    • Additionally, the Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. 
    • The Agreement also provides for enhanced transparency of action and support through a transparency framework.