Reflection on the Paris Climate Conference 2015

Reflection on the Paris Climate Conference 2015

Introduction
President Obama lauded the milestone climate change-pact that was approved in Paris, and he declared that it was the decisive moment for climate change in the world. The agreement in Paris established the long-term outline of the world’s desire to solve the pertinent climate crisis, in an address delivered from the White House. President Obama reiterated the commitment of the United States in making an investment in reducing carbon emissions and the production of clean energy. The United States increased wind power and solar power by threefold and twentyfold respectively, and more investments in energy efficiencies in every means possible. Also, the United States blocked infrastructure that would excavate high carbon fossil fuel from the underground, and the government set a countrywide standard that limited the quantity of carbon pollution released by the power plants into the atmosphere. The COP 21 was set on a goal on providing a limit on global warming to less than two degrees Celsius about the pre-industrial age (Bulkeley 87). Also, the agreement in the conference called for zero net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and these shall be attained during the mid 21st century. Further, the representatives in the conference shall pursue endeavors to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This 1.5 degrees Celsius will need zero emissions between 20130 and 2050.

US Commitment
According to EDGAR (n.d), the United States emitted 5297581.

20 Ktons of C02 in 2013, which is marginally higher than the 4989245.28 Ktons of C02 emitted in 1990. The United States has taken a greater emphasis in seeking solutions to the climate crisis both at home and abroad. The country’s Climate Action Plan incorporates an unparalleled attempts lead the president in reducing carbon pollution, protecting people from the effects of climate change, promoting clean sources of power, and working with other partners in leading global climate change push.

Wrong or Right
The United States efforts are very narrow on details, for instance, the specifics on the plans, and how such shall be implemented and progresses measured in the long haul. The agreement in Paris attained the goal of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. All the plan seems country’s plans seem inspiring they do not mandate exactly the amount the country has to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. It should be remembered that the United States accounts for 14 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, only behind China, which emits 24% of greenhouse gas emissions, and this means that they have a long way to achieving their plan (EDGAR n.d). A failure to address comprehensively the climate crisis can lead to mega ramifications shortly, obviously, certain effects of the global warming are being felt in the arctic regions. In particular, if the major emitters fail in reversing the trend, then the world could be faced with super-droughts, deadly heat waves, and high numbers of plants and animal extinctions, rising sea levels that have the possibility of wiping inhabited islands from the face of the map (Kirton and Ms Ella 125).
Conclusion
The United States has taken a firm stand on climate change led by the President, who addressed the Paris Climate Conference 2015 from the White House reiterating the commitment of the United States on reducing C02 emissions at home and abroad, and assisting other nations develop their capability in reducing emissions. It was a triumph for everybody at the conference for hitting 2 degrees Celsius temperature increase, and the establishment of a new benchmark in preparation for the next conference.
Work Cited
Bulkeley, Harriet, and Peter Newell. Governing climate change. Routledge, 2015.
Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research. “C02 time series 1990-2013 per
region/country”. Web. 15 December 2015.
Kirton, John J., and Ms Ella Kokotsis. The Global Governance of Climate Change: G7, G20,
and UN Leadership. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2015.