U.N. Climate
Change Conference Turns to Implementing Paris Agreement
By
BILL
SPINDLE and AMY HARDER
Nov. 7,
2016 5:30 a.m. ET
A
year after nearly 200 nations agreed to a global pact in Paris
to combat climate change, a United Nations conference this week ushers in the
hard work of turning the plan into action.
The conference,
known as COP22, which kicks off Monday in Marrakesh,
Morocco, benefits from the unexpectedly quick adoption of the Paris
agreement. It entered into force Friday after at least
55 signatories representing more than 55% of global emissions previously ratified
it, including the U.S., China, the European Union and India.
“The
politically difficult step was Paris,” said Robert Stavins, an environmental
economist at Harvard University. “The technically difficult steps now remain.”
The
agreement is a collection of self-imposed national plans for holding emissions
to a level scientists believe will prevent global temperatures from rising more
than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). But the past year
contained many reminders of how difficult implementing the agreement will be
compared with the feel-good exercise of approving and ratifying it.
Structure
of the Lead：
WHO- U.N.
WHEN- Nov.
7, 2016
WHAT- Implementing
Paris Agreement
WHY- U.N.
Climate Change Conference
WHERE- Marrakesh,
Morocco
HOW-not given
Keywords:
Usher in
(phr.): 開始
Emission
(n.): 發行
Ratify (v.):
批准
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