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Algeria president ratifies Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Xinhua, October 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Saturday signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that was adopted in the French capital late last year, according to a presidential statement.

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra had already signed the agreement in New York on April 22.

The agreement was ratified by the European Union on Oct. 5.

So far, it has been signed by 74 countries out of 197, representing 58.82 percent of the global CO2, which allows the agreement to come into force as of Nov. 4, three days before the COP22 in Marrakesh in Morocco.

The Paris Agreement plans to safeguard the increase in global temperature below two degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

Algeria said at the Paris conference on climate (COP21) that it is committed to supporting the international community in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

It should cut emissions by seven percent by 2030 using national resources through the process of energy transition and economic diversification. Endit