Leading Emission Reduction Challenges: (a) Rising consumer and/or industrial demand for energy-intensive products and services; (b) Deforestation; (c) Changing peoples’ behavior; (d) Political and economic crisesCurrent Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions According to the analysis of Panorama Brazilian Emissions Current—Trends and Challenges of Climate Observatory, derived from the System Greenhouse Gas Emission estimate (SEEG), the...
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Australia Emission Reduction Challenges
Leading Emission Reduction Challenges: (a) Dependence on fossil fuels as energy sources, especially coal; (b) Political opposition to climate change legislationEmission Reduction Challenges Australia has a long history of coal mining, and many jobs are tied to the coal industry. This has created concern over the economic effects of moving toward cleaner energy sources. However...
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Argentina Emission Reduction Challenges
Leading Challenges to Emissions Reduction: (a) Rising consumer and industrial demand for energy; (b) Dependence on fossil fuels as an energy sourceCurrent Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Argentina is one of the highest emitters of greenhouse gasses (GHG) in Latin America and accounts for around 1% of global emissions. Total emissions for the country were...
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Ukraine Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Treaty has been Ratified The Paris Agreement has been ratified by the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) on the 14th of July. The relevant bill №0105, sponsored by President Petro Poroshenko, was supported by 279 out of 335 MPs registered in the session hall on the day of the vote. The reason why Ukraine became...
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Japan Ratification Status
The Paris Agreement, signed by the Government in New York in April, will be submitted to the Diet for its approval and ratification. Initially, the administration was planning to start the ratification process in 2017; however, influenced by the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, they currently aim to get the approval from the Diet by the end of this year. In...
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Russia Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Low The intention of the Russian Federation to ratify the Paris Agreement has been announced at official meetings and in interviews, by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin and the President’s special representative for the climate, Mr Alexander Bedritsky. Fighting climate change is high on the national agenda and supported at the government level. At the...
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Poland Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Low To date, Poland has not ratified the Paris Agreement. In 1989, Communism collapsed in Poland and the country shifted to democracy. This democratic nation now has a President, a Prime Minister, and a Parliament. The Constitution, established in 1997, assigns power to separate parts of the government so they...
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South Korea Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: High South Korea has not yet ratified the Paris Agreement but has been making commitments to green practices since signing the agreement in April. The South Korean government is in the process of finalizing its 2030 Roadmap for Reducing Greenhouse Gases. By 2030, Korea plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 37%...
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United Kingdom Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Medium The UK has not yet ratified the Paris Agreement and was until recently, set to do “as soon as possible” along with the rest of the EU and its member states. This was supposed to be done after the negotiations on effort sharing were completed. Ratification of treaties in the UK is done...
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Italy Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Medium On the 22nd of April 2016, 177 countries signed the Paris Agreement, the product of the COP21 in December 2015. Two months later, there are only 17 countries that have ratified it, making it effective in their national law. No coincidence that these countries, that promptly have ratified it, are also those...