UNFCCC: World on track to new universal climate agreement with Lima call for climate action
Lima, Peru - A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further important step forward in Lima following two weeks of negotiations by over 190 countries.
These Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) will form the foundation for climate action post 2020 when the new agreement is set to come into effect. During the two week 20th Conference of the Parties, countries also made significant progress in elevating adaptation onto the same level as action to cut and curb emissions. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, the Minister of the Environment of Peru and the COP President, said:
Source: IWR Online, 15 Dec 2014