MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia submitted its climate action plan ahead of the universal climate change agreement expected to be reached in December 2015, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said Tuesday.
“Reducing GHG emissions by 25-30% from 1990 levels by 2030 will allow the Russian Federation to step on the path of low-carbon development compatible with the long-term objective of the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius. This objective can be achieved with efforts of all Parties of the future climate agreement,” Russia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution reads.
Apart from Russia, 33 other parties to the UNFCCC have submitted their action plans, including the European Union countries, Mexico, the United States, Norway and Switzerland.
In 2015, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris, which aims at achieving a legally binding and universal agreement on climate from all nations of the world. The Paris agreement will come into effect in 2020.
