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CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Our goal: by 2030, an equitable and just
transition, that limits warming to 1.5°C, protects
people and biodiversity and builds a climateresilient future, is underway.

132 COUNTRIES

On 4 November 2016, less than a year after it was announced,
the Paris climate agreement came into force. So far, of the 194
countries that signed the treaty, 132 have ratified it, making it
legally binding. The progress has been quicker than almost every
UN treaty in history, reflecting the urgent need to keep the global
temperature increase to well below 1.5°C. Also in November, our
partnership efforts resulted in 200 global companies committing
to emissions reduction targets that support this ambition.
We remain focused on translating the intention behind the
Paris Agreement into reality on the ground.

CHANGE IN THE AIR

The Paris Agreement has a notable gap: it does not mention the
rapidly-growing emissions from aviation. So when countries
at the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
agreed to take a first step to address emissions from international
aviation by adopting a global market-based measure for the sector
in October, it was an encouraging development after years of
discussions. The agreement as it stands falls short of achieving the
ICAO's own goal of carbon-neutral growth by 2020 - but it's the
first time an entire global sector has agreed to a cap on net carbon
emissions. WWF was instrumental in convincing countries to
establish that countries must review the measure's effectiveness
every three years to align with the 1.5°C temperature threshold in
the Paris Agreement.

HFC BREAKTHROUGH

In October, 170 countries agreed to amend the Montreal
Protocol to limit and reduce the use of hydroflurocarbons
(HFCs), which could avoid up to 0.5°C of warming by the end of
the century. HFCs - mostly used in air conditioners, insulants
and refrigeration - are the fastest-growing greenhouse gases
in many parts of the world. Some estimates put their global
warming impact at up to 10,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
WWF welcomed the news, saying it sends a powerful signal that
governments are serious about tackling climate change.

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