Project on Energy and Sustainability
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Running head: ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITYEnergy and sustainabilityName of the studentName of the universityAuthor note
1ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITYAbstractThe project deals with the results of COP21 Paris Agreement. The aspects related to theagreement have been discussed in the project. The outcomes are in favor of the developmentof the nation. The report briefly discusses the results and the progress of the agreement. Apartfrom the progress it also deals with the pitfalls of the same. The importance of the action andthe sustainable growth of the same have been observed in the project. The advantages and thedisadvantages of the same have been included in the project. The report further includes theprocess of fracking and the technological advancement made due to this. The emergence ofthe process and the development of the same have been discussed in the report. The reportincludes the different pros and cons related to fracking and most importantly it includes theeffect on environment. The major part of the report includes the environmental conditionsand the ways to make it better. This is inclusive of the steps taken by the Paris Agreement toimprove the environmental conditions and make the world a better place to live in.
2ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY1. The main outcomes of COP21 Paris.The Agreement held in Paris was a remarkable achievement for the internationalpolitic as well as the economy in the global aspect. The global environment and the globaleconomy have improved from this remarkable step. This turned out to be the culmination ofalmost five years of universal climate agreement that was signed by all the 196 parties. Thisis a universal climate agreement that was under the framework of United FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNGCCC). This is known as remarkable one as it involvesmany countries and this was one of the largest signing of an international agreement and itwas the largest meet in order to head towards a better environment (Olah and Prakash 2016).The results of the meeting would come into effect in the year 2020. The notable point of themeet was that it was designed to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol wasthe international law that existed to control the global emissions reduction. However this wasone of the biggest changes of the future (Rogelj et al. 2016). The agreement designs the future on the climate change for the global collectiveaction. This is a new and innovative approach towards the UNFCCC. This is more inclusiveand it leads the nations towards self-determination. This also gives the market a signaltowards the global economy to reduce down to the economy of low emission. The objectiveand aim behind this is to encourage the peer group to set some ambitious target. The Parisagreement sets as an effective guide to them. However there are some gaps in the agreement.The gap is due to the process that is mentioned in the agreement. The agreement states theprocess that should be adopted but it failed to state the way of doing it. This states aframework but this did not provide the guidance or it did not mention about any obligation onhow to carry on with the action. However there are five key outcomes that can be extractedfrom the agreement (Parker, Karlsson and Hjerpe 2017).
3ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITYThe first and foremost outcome is the direction for the future. The individuals aremotivated to set commitments. This is intended towards setting a long term goal. The aim ofthe agreement is to reduce the temperature that is caused due to Global Warming aiming tohave it within 1.5 degree Celsius (Northrop and Ross 2016).The other goal is the regular review that keeps a track of the progress and it aims atthe progression of the commitments. A system of review was introduced that is found tostanch by a five years cycle. This review intends the parties to revise the targets set by themand it determines the contribution made by them. This step ensures the highest amount ofcontribution made by them. The sole intention of this is to keep a track of the progress(Mazur 2016). The other outcome is the self-differentiation. The Paris Agreement tries to be moreflexible than the Kyoto Protocol (Robbins 2016). A variability of the developed countries andthe developing countries is the intention of the agreement. The developing nations areexpected to be more responsible over time (Mace and Verheyen 2016). This also promotesthe collective action. All the countries are expected to submit NCDs and they are expected toadhere to the earlier mentioned requirements of reporting and the compliance of the same.The framework can help all the countries to head towards the attainment of the samerequirements. This often leads them to the sharing of the technical knowledge. This acts as abridge between the developed countries and the developing countries. The transparency ofthe framework will ensure the feasibility of the political factors (Koehl and Hess 2016). The interaction of the factors like lucidity and fulfillment of the articles ingrained theaccountability of the agreement. This encourages competition and cooperation between thedeveloped and the developing nations. This also includes the recognition of the UNFCCprinciple of the common as well as the differentiated responsibility. All the parties must
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