The NDC partnership was launched at COP22 in Marrakech to improve cooperation, so that countries have access to the technical knowledge and financial support needed to achieve large-scale climate and sustainable development goals. The NDC partnership is led by a steering committee made up of developed, developing and international institutions, and supported by a support unit hosted by the World Resources Institute, based in Washington, DC and Bonn, Germany. The NDC partnership is co-led by the governments of Costa Rica and the Netherlands and includes 93 member countries, 21 institutional partners and ten associate members. Explanation: 1. The Russian Federation acknowledges that, in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, parties to industrialized countries provide financial resources to assist parties to developing countries in mitigating climate change and adapting to climate change, as a follow-up to their obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 9 May 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”). In this regard, the Russian Federation notes that the Russian Federation, as a party to the Convention, is not listed in Annex II to the Convention. (2) The Russian Federation considers it important to preserve and improve the absorption capacity of forests and other ecosystems, as well as the need for maximum consideration of this capacity, including in the implementation of the mechanisms of the Agreement. 3. The Russian Federation considers unacceptable the use of the Agreement and its mechanisms as instruments aimed at creating obstacles to the sustainable social and economic development of the parties to the Convention.
New York, 5 October – The historic Paris Agreement on combating climate change will enter into force on 4 November, as announced today by the United Nations. The Paris Agreement was opened for signature from 22 April 2016 to 21 April 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for states and regional economic integration organisations party to the UNFCCC (the Agreement). [64] Instead of giving China and India a pollution passport, as Trump claims, the pact represents the first time these two major developing countries have made concrete and ambitious climate commitments. Both countries, already ready to let the world lead renewable energy, have made considerable progress in meeting their Paris targets. And since Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the deal, the Chinese and Indian leaders have reaffirmed their commitment and continued to implement domestic measures to achieve their goals. Although the agreement was welcomed by many people, including French President François Hollande and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,[67] criticism also emerged. For example, James Hansen, a former NASA scientist and climate change expert, expressed anger that most of the deal is made up of “promises” or goals and not firm commitments. [98] He called the Paris talks a fraud without “no deeds, only promises” and believes that only an interterritorial tax on CO2 emissions, which is not part of the Paris Agreement, would reduce CO2 emissions fast enough to avoid the worst effects of global warming. [98] Now that President Donald Trump is preparing to withdraw the United States from the deal — a step he will only be able to legally take after the next presidential election — that future could be in jeopardy, as part of a larger effort to dismantle decades of the United States. .
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