Paris Climate Summit
Sally O'Dea and Grace Hatch
Key Points of the Landmark
- More than 190 countries were part of the global climate agreement
- GOAL: Make sure global warming stays well below 2 degrees Celsius
- Countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions every 5 years
- Missing their emissions target has no affect on them (countries)
- Wealthy nations provide $100 billion annually for developing countries
- Small island nations want to include a section "loss and damage" for climate related disasters
Important Information
- Climate and energy legislation exists to help the global warming situation
- The environmental legislation exists to help the U.S's natural resources
- Sustainability is the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources
- Only buy the necessitates
- Be conscious about your water use
- Choose items that are renewable
- Take public transportation more often
- Use more recycled material
- Only use energy that is really needed