DUSHANBE, April 25, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan has signed the Paris Pact on Climate Change.
According to the Tajik MFA information department, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov participated in a ceremony of signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that took place at the UN Headquarters in New York at the end of last week.
Aslov inked the document on behalf of the Government of Tajikistan.
In a statement delivered at the plenary session of the ceremony of signing of the Paris Agreement, Aslov reportedly noted that Tajikistan’s national development strategy for period until 2030 and Tajikistan’s national strategy on adaption to climate change are nearing completion.
These documents take all the environmental protection issues into consideration, the minister said.
The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. The implementation of the agreement by all member countries together will be evaluated every 5 years, with the first evaluation in 2023. The outcome is to be used as input for new nationally determined contributions of member states.
The Paris Agreement is open for signature by states and regional economic integration organizations that are parties to the UNFCCC (the Convention) from April 22, 2016 to April 21, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
It will enter into force (and thus become fully effective) only if 55 countries that produce at least 55% of the world”s greenhouse gas emissions (according to a list produced in 2015) ratify, accept, approve or accede to the agreement. On April 1, 2016, the United States and China, which jointly represent almost 40% of global emissions, issued a joint statement confirming that both countries will sign the Paris Climate Agreement. 175 Parties (174 states and the European Union) signed the treaty on the first date it was open for signature.
