Introduction
U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is an agreement that was made by the parties that met in Paris, France on December 2012. It comprised of different heads of states which included the seating presidents and prime ministers. The agreement was a completion of the four-year negotiation on the criteria that should be used to differentiate the developing and the developed countries. However, the main concern was to reach a consensus and the contributions that will be made by each nation with the motive of controlling global warming (Ebell n.p). The goal was to ensure that the average warmth remained below two degrees Celsius and if possible, to hold it below 1.50C. The agreement was made, but for it remains just a piece of paper as it cannot be enforced due to lack of ratification by the Senate.
Analysis
The UNFCC cannot hide the reality that the agreement is a treaty, but due to the nature of the United States Constitution, it cannot be enforced until the legal requirements are met, that is ratified by the United States Senate. The COP-21 of the Paris agreement confirms that the signing of the treaty by the representative of the state does not act as bind to the national parties to the agreement. Ratification has different legal meanings. According to the constitution of the United States, it means an agreement by the nation to bind on a treaty. The body responsible for ratification is the senate of the state. In a case where the ratification is not agreed at the completion of the treaty, the state accents to it. There are many reasons why the Paris agreement ought to be ratified.
The first reason is the requirement by law to sign any treaty before it comes to force in the United States. The Constitution gives the state the mandate of validating and making the changes if necessary to any treaty before it can come to force. There is a possibility of President Obama signing the agreement in the big function named Mother Earth day celebration, although for it to become enforceable, it must be amended by the Senate.
Furthermore, it is a requirement for the technical document of the Paris Agreement to add some actions to the treaty before adopting it. The requirement is clear in section 4, which gives the secretary general the mandate to make sure that the agreement is well executed. It is treaty meant to be applied in different nations that have methods of ratifying any treaty. The United States being one of the developed states, and most affected by the climatic changes due to its level of industrialization, it must make the required changes in the treaty as soon as possible. It should be ratified and agreed upon to make the mitigation process of the climate change possible.
It is possible through the long-term mitigation goals agreed by the Paris Treaty. The first goal is peaking at the emissions as soon as they happen. Literally, this will take a bit longer to the United States, and it can be done by putting in force measures like decarbonization and climate neutrality. The other goal is putting the national parties involved in pursuing the individual mitigation efforts.
Conclusion
The measures to control the climatic condition of the United States is only possible if the Paris treaty is put in force through the ratification of the Senate. The treaty has important measures that can be applied in the United States to reduce global warming. In conclusion, it cannot be put in force unless Senate ratifies it. This is a constitutional requirement of U.S.
Works Cited
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