Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-3 | Issue-02 | 196-208
Original Research Article
Deal or no Deal: Reflections on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Dr. Shadi A. Alshdaifat
Published : Feb. 28, 2018
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.