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06/11/2016

Latin America to Take the Temperature of Paris Agreement at Climate Summit in Morocco

Human Wrongs Watch

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz*

SAN JOSE, Nov 5 2016 (IPS) – With the ratification and entry into effect of the Paris Agreement still fresh, the countries of Latin America are heading to the climate summit in Marrakesh in search of clear rules that will enable them to decarbonise their economies to help mitigate global warming..

In Costa Rica, seven percent of the electricity generated now comes from wind power, thanks to wind farms like this one in the mountains of La Paz y Casamata, 50 km from San José. The decarbonisation of energy sources is a commitment that most Latin American countries have assumed. Credit: Diego Arguedas Ortiz/IPS

In Costa Rica, seven percent of the electricity generated now comes from wind power, thanks to wind farms like this one in the mountains of La Paz y Casamata, 50 km from San José. The decarbonisation of energy sources is a commitment that most Latin American countries have assumed. Credit: Diego Arguedas Ortiz/IPS

Approved on Dec. 12, 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, the historic agreement to curb the rise in global temperatures merely laid the foundations of the global architecture, and what lies ahead is the painstaking task of defining the fine print.

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