The Russian government has approved the signing of the Paris climate deal – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 20 – RIA Novosti The Russian government approved the signing of the Paris Agreement on the climate, the corresponding order was published on the website of the Cabinet

As the Cabinet noted the strategic goal of the Paris Agreement -.. Holding gains global average temperature by the end of the XXI century within the “far below” two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial indicators and “the application of efforts” in order to limit the temperature rise to the level of one and a half degrees Celsius.

In the Paris Agreement, including at the insistence of Russia, included articles that secure an adequate accounting of forest factor and the value of the global adaptation of all countries to climate change.

In the middle of December, representatives of 196 parties to the UN Framework Convention on climate change (195 countries and the European Union) have signed in Paris the first universal binding agreement on climate. This document will determine the post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions and measures to prevent climate change. The signing ceremony is scheduled for April 22 in New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope for the arrival of the leaders of many countries. It planned. that on behalf of Russia will sign Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin.

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