ABSTRACT

Concern for food and environmental safety with less resource degrading inputs and chemical residues is increasing worldwide. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11, was held in Paris, France, from November 30 to December 12, 2015. It was the 21” yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11’ session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Climate change is globally more frequently discussed under UN, and the recent one in France focused on combating global climate change by way of reduction in GHGs and adoption of green and resources conserving eco-friendly technologies. Representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lower planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change The result of the conference is an agreement (to be signed between April 22, 2016 and April 21, 2017) to set a goal of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (°C) compared to pre-industrial levels. The agreement calls for zero net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to be reached during the second half of the 21st century.