India, Dec. 11 -- The 5-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement is upon us on December 12, 2020, and it is time to take stock how we are faring

The central objective of the Paris Agreement is its long-term temperature goal to hold global average temperature increase to "well below 2 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels".

The 1.5degC Paris Agreement goal is linked to a requirement in the Paris Agreement (Article 4.1): All countries work together to bring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero within the second half of the 21st century. The timing of reaching zero emissions is to be determined by the best-available science related to achiev...