UN chief calls for quick ratification of Paris climate deal

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The Hill:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants nations to quickly join the Paris climate agreement.

 

The United Nations will host a Sept. 21 event for countries to formally enter the deal, the U.N. announced on Tuesday.

 

“The next step in our collective journey to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future is to ensure the rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement,” Ban said in a letter to world leaders on Tuesday.

“Doing so will create incentives for early implementation of nationally determined contributions and build support within markets and societies for increased climate ambition. … I urge you to accelerate your country’s domestic process for ratification of the Agreement this year.”

World leaders have urged nations to quickly join the Paris deal, a landmark agreement in which countries agreed to reduce their carbon emissions. The deal enters into force once 55 nations representing at least 55 percent of global emissions ratify or join it.