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New York, Oct. 5, 2016 (dpa/NAN) The Paris Climate Agreement will go into force in 30-days after 72 countries accounting for more than 56 per cent of global greenhouse emissions have ratified the deal.
The UN’s climate agency which said this on Wednesday, added that it had reached required thresholds.
The deal was triggered to enter into force after the European Union, seven EU states and other countries handed over documents ratifying the climate agreement to the UN.
It said that was the last step for countries towards officially joining the agreement.
“On Oct. 5, 2016, the threshold for entry into force of the Paris Agreement has been achieved,” the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said.
The latest round of ratifications cleared the last hurdle to reach the required global greenhouse gas emissions threshold triggering a 30-day countdown to the deal’s entry into force.
The agreement requires two conditions to enter into force: firstly, that it has been ratified by at least 55 countries, which was met in September.
Secondly, those countries account for at least 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
“UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, supporter of the climate agreement, was “very encouraged by the tremendous positive support from a broad coalition of countries” to bring it into force’’, Farhan Haq, Ban’s deputy spokesman said. (dpa/NAN)
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