The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law today. The agreement requires governments to develop climate action plans that will be periodically revised.<br/><br/>UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to commemorate "this historic day for both the people and the planet" by holding a conversation with civil society organizations about how they can contribute to the objectives of the Paris agreement. <br/><br/>India ratified the Paris agreement on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Till now around 94 nations have ratified it out of 197 Parties to the Convention.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Green bodies in India today hailed the coming into force of the Paris agreement on climate change. They termed it as "inclusive" and one that will mark the "end of fossil fuel era". Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, Chandra Bhushan said ,much more hard work has to be done so that countries especially the developed ones, can increase their ambition of cutting emissions. <br/><br/>Director General of TERI Ajay Mathur said the swift coming into force of the agreement reflects the changed sensibilities across the world in addressing climate change and the wide appreciation of the need to act expeditiously.<br/><br/>The Paris Agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015 at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law today a landmark demonstrating that countries are serious about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter faster than scientists expected. <br/><br/>The agreement requires governments to develop climate action plans that will be periodically revised. 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, have so far formally joined the accord which seeks to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. <br/><br/>UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to commemorate "this historic day for both the people and the planet" by holding a conversation with civil society organizations about how they can contribute to the objectives of the Paris agreement.