Paris agreement has maintained CBDR : Javadekar

She said: “Businesses will want to see domestic policies that demonstrate commitment to this goal and none more so than in the UK”.

Throughout the course of the negotiations, India engaged constructively and in good faith, he said, adding that the path-breaking alliance will provide an “unprecedented” boost to solar energy development.

The “historic” deal has been signed at the Conference of the Parties 21 (COP 21) held in Paris, France.

A transparency system and global stock-take – accounting for climate action. “We now have a binding global deal, and that is the way it should be seen”, said Mr Bell.

The Minister said that the Paris accord is a very successful agreement from the viewpoint of saving the Earth.

The UFU says the agreement recognises the vital importance of agriculture not only to meet the needs of a growing world population, but as a source of land that can help absorb carbon.

He said the principle of differentiation has been maintained in the agreement which is a solemn promise made by the world community to seven billion people that “we will work together to mitigate the challenges posed by climate change”.

US President Barak Obama said: “As technology advances, this agreement allows progress to pave the way for even more ambitious targets over time”.

Although there are some areas of concern such as meeting the incremental cost of intellectual property rights associated with the transfer of climate friendly technologies that Indian industry feels should have been met through an worldwide financial mechanism, whereas the Paris text lays more emphasis on cooperation and collaborative approaches for facilitating access to low carbon technologies.

Enhancing support to developing countries towards the implementation of economy wide-absolute emission reduction targets.

WMU has just introduced two new specializations within the Master of Science programme – Ocean Sustainability, Governance & Management and Maritime Energy Management – which will make immediate and direct contributions to the goals and principles laid out in the Paris Agreement of 12 December.

The ratification process will entail considerable legal effort and political will; it is hoped that countries will follow through with this, not remain complacent or inactive after the Paris talks.