Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Booster to Enable Sustainable Global Development and Beyond

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Nov 14;13(11):1134. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13111134.

Abstract

The global warming and its adverse effects on the atmosphere, the biosphere, the lithosphere, and the hydrosphere are obvious. Based on this fact, the international community is fully convinced that we need to fix the problem urgently for our survival, good health, and wellbeing. The aim of this article is to promote the awareness about the United Nations (UN) historic 'Paris Agreement on Climate Change (PACC)' which entered into-force on 4 November 2016. The expected impact of PACC on the global average temperature rise by 2100 as well as its role in enabling accomplishment of global sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the people and planet is also highlighted.

Keywords: United Nations; climate change; environment; global sustainability; go green; greenhouse gas emission; pollution; poverty; public health; sustainable development goals.

MeSH terms

  • Climate Change*
  • Conservation of Natural Resources*
  • Global Warming / prevention & control
  • International Cooperation*
  • Paris
  • United Nations*