Deal or no Deal: Reflections on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Journal Title: Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract:In December of 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC COP21) took place in Paris. UNFCC is an international environmental agreement on climate change, of which there are 195 States Parties. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned of the consequences of failing to limit global temperature rises to at least 2 degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial times), highlighting that the impacts would pose a threat to humanity and could lead to irreversible climate change. The meeting in Paris was hailed as a make-or-break opportunity to secure an international agreement on approaches to tacking climate change, a commitment to a longer-term goal of near zero net emissions in the second half of the 21st century, and supporting a transition to a clean economy and low carbon society. This paper discusses the issues and solutions of climate change, development and critical views, the UAE environmental regulation, company's environmental responsibility, and the future of the Paris Convention on Climate Change. Keywords:International Environmental Law, Climate Change, Paris Convention, IPCC. Assistant Professor of Public International Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, salshdaifat@sharjah.ac.ae, SJD, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2012.
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Shadi A. Alshdaifat, SJD
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