Labeed Abdal

It is considered a growing threat that a record number of countries - up to 175 - signed the historic Paris agreement about climate change in order to save the planet and ensure protecting it against global warming. It is actually a major sign indicating that the entire world, including major and small countries, unanimously agreed to share utilizing Earth's resources and cut emissions from their factories, which have been altering the average world temperature.





In an unprecedented unified action in the 71-year-history of the UN, world leaders and government representatives lined up during the UN general assembly meeting to sign this historic agreement, setting a new world record for any international treaty endorsement process done in one day, which emphasizes the world's awareness of the need to stop emissions of greenhouse gases and protect the ozone layer to maintain an acceptable average world temperature.





Commenting on the event, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed that countries set a world record of the number of countries signing that treaty on one day and considered this step as beneficial to both current and future generations. He added that on Earth Day, around 90 percent of the world's countries including major ones like China and US and smaller island ones that had always abstained from voting on a lot of issues, like the Maldives and Fiji, signed the treaty.





Global efforts must be combined to stop international temperature rises, especially since 2015 was the hottest on Earth since the late 19th century because of the differences between advanced and developing countries in terms of funding, technology and industries.





Things are very often judged according to a certain country's weight and value and regional groups in the UN have always called for reforming the UN membership and voting system. So, in view of this unprecedented agreement on one issue, there is great hope that the world will agree on further ones, namely those about international peace and security that have already been delayed for long!



By Labeed Abdal