Climate Change: Moving the Paris Agreement from Words to Deeds

摘要

The Agreement reached by the 195 countries in climate talks in Paris requires an overhaul of historic proportions for energy policies worldwide and investment of the order of $16.5 trillion of spending on renewables and efficiency, as well as carbon capture and storage through 2030, to meet the agreed targets outlined, as estimated by the International Energy Agency. In essence, the deal aims at limiting global temperature increase since the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries up to to 2℃ (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), while calling on nations to "pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees".