The “Paris Climate Agreement”, comes
into force on 4th November 2016. India and other countries
will display a ‘Smiley’ with lights, with the slogan "We Did It" on
important buildings. India ratified the Paris Agreement on 2nd October
2016, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the Agreement has the support
of majority of the countries. This is a global effort. Till date, 94 Parties
have ratified it, of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The image
has the globe as the background of smiley. Along with the image, "Paris
agreement - We did it - #SmileforthePlanet" will be displayed on one side
of the Ministry’s building in the evening today, to celebrate the Paris
Agreement. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan will be displaying the symbol in India.

The Paris Agreement builds
upon the Convention and – for the first time – brings all nations into a common
cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its
effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As
such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.
The Paris Agreement’s
central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate
change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the
temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The Paris Agreement
requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through “nationally
determined contributions” (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years
ahead. This includes requirements that all Parties report regularly on their
emissions and on their implementation efforts.
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