In this file photo dated Friday Nov.4, 2016, the Eiffel Tower lit up in green to mark the success of the Paris Agreement to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases to counter climate change, in Paris. Inscription reads,"it's done". Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change.
On Dec. 12, 2015, 196 countries met in Paris and put their signatures on a legally binding treaty to do what it took to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius and to create carbon-neutral economies by 2050.The United Nations annual emissions gap report released this week points out that greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow and reached record levels in 2019.
The cost of renewable energy is plummeting -- 90 per cent for solar power, says an Oxford University publication. Some countries -- again, including China -- are putting end dates on the sale of gas-powered vehicles.Without Paris, Canada wouldn't have achieved what it has, federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told an online webinar Thursday.
"The Trudeau government is the only federal government Canada's had that is implementing the pricing and regulations that actually reduce emissions," Jaccard said.More is needed than just a new set of targets, Stewart said. Canadians who depend on the fossil fuel industry need help with the transition.