On November 4, 2019, the United States informed the custodian of its withdrawal from the agreement, which will take effect exactly one year after that date. [30] [6] Yeo Bee Yin`s speech at COP24 (powershiftmalaysia.org.my/yb-yeo-at-un-climate-talks-we-are-bett…) Yeo also made bold statements about Malaysia`s lack of commitment to climate issues, including the under-frequency of the climate change department within his ministry, and lamented that „two years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, not much has been done.“ In line with the PH manifesto, Yeo announced three important commitments on climate change: a climate change centre to be put in place in the coming months, a national climate change adaptation and mitigation plan, expected to be finalised by the end of 2019, and a climate change law that is expected to be presented to Parliament within 24 to 30 months. To prepare for these developments, the Ministry of Yeos is currently developing a comprehensive risk analysis that simulates scenarios with a temperature increase of 2oC above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that deals with the reduction, adaptation and financing of greenhouse gas emissions from 2020. The agreement aims to address the threat of global climate change by keeping global temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century and to continue efforts to further limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. [1] Since November 2020, 194 states and the European Union have signed the agreement. 188 countries and the EU, which account for about 79% of global greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified the agreement or have joined the agreement, including China and India, the countries with the first and third CO2 emissions among UNFCCC members. [12] [13] [14] All 197 UNFCCC members have signed or joined. KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia will ratify the Paris agreement on climate change on November 4, pledging to fight global climate change, Said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. „We hope that Trump will continue to support the agreement and address climate change and global warming,“ he told reporters yesterday after the opening of the 11th Asia-Pacific 2016 Mineral Resources Exhibition and Conference at the Putra World Trade Centre.
Seven other states signed the Paris Agreement but did not ratify it. However, Mahathir`s scathing remarks did not highlight the fact that Malaysia is not ready to take full action on international climate efforts. At the same conference, Malaysia pledged to maintain 50% of its total area under forest protection. Malaysia has also signed and ratified the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, as well as other related agreements such as the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances. „So we are concerned about the Paris agreement if America does not support it. Because America was a strong supporter of President Barack Obama`s agreement. The EU and its member states are individually responsible for ratifying the Paris Agreement. There was a strong preference for the EU and its 28 Member States to simultaneously table their ratification instruments to ensure that neither the EU nor its Member States commit to fulfil commitments that are strictly the other` and there was concern that differences of opinion on each Member State`s share of the EU reduction target and the British vote to leave the EU would delay the Paris Pact. [22] However, on 4 October 2016, the European Parliament approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement[23] and the EU tabled its ratification instruments on 5 October 2016 with several EU Member States. [22] A total of 197 countries have signed the Paris Agreement on Reducing CO2 Emissions by 2030.
