Reducing greenhouse gases: “An ardent obligation”

This takes a disturbing and dramatic turn. According to data released last week by the European Copernicus Observatory, the year 2024 was the hottest on record in the world since 1850, when temperatures began to be recorded and recorded. In 2015, the objective of the Paris agreement, negotiated within the framework of COP21 and ratified by 191 countries, was to “limit the increase in temperature to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels”, either those of the second half of the 19th century^e century. Last year we were above, at 1.6°C. We had come close to the threshold of 1.5°C in 2023. In 1971, this excess was 0.3°C. California fires portend that 2025 could be another terrible year.

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, responsible for climate change, is more than ever a pressing obligation for all stakeholders. States can produce…