The Paris Climate Agreement has come into force from today. India and other countries will display a 'Smiley' with lights, with the slogan "We Did It" on important buildings. The image has the globe as the background of smiley. <br/><br/>Along with the image, "Paris agreement – We did it – #SmileforthePlanet" has been displayed on one side of the Environment Ministry's building in the evening today, to celebrate the Agreement. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan will be displaying the symbol in India. <br/><br/>India ratified the Agreement on 2nd October 2016, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the Agreement has the support of majority of the countries. This is a global effort. Till date, 94 Parties have ratified it, of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).<br/><br/>The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. <br/><br/>The agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
News On AIR | November 4, 2016 8:23 PM
India to display 'Smiley' as Paris climate agreement comes into force today