About 200 countries, including India, today adopted a work plan for the implementation of Paris climate agreement by 2018 during an important UN summit in Marrakesh.<br/><br/>After two weeks of negotiations, the Marrakesh climate change summit also underline the urgent need for early action on part of developed countries for emission reduction in accordance to their commitments in the Kyoto protocol which still has four years to go before its expiry in 2020.<br/><br/>With discussions centred mainly on procedural issues, the Marrakesh meeting went into over time last night with many countries including India raising some concerns over a few draft proposals. The decision sets up the stage for an early implementation of the Paris agreement which was negotiated as a successor regime to the Kyoto protocol for the post 2020 period. Paris agreement finalised in December last year entered into effect in less than a year.