Following Pope Francis's arrival in New York yesterday , regional leaders from around the world, including Kathmandu and New York ( New York ), signed the 'Under 2 MOU' pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 80% and 95% below 1990 levels to limit global to below 2 °C. Jeffrey Sachs, the director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and an adviser to the United Nations on climate change, referred to what the localities were doing as “deep de-carbonization.” Through the MOU, each signatory has agreed to certain policy objectives aimed at achieving emissions standard goals by 2050 , such as sharing information, experiences, innovation and technologies. Although the MOU is not a binding contract, it is part of a broader approach to﻿ succesfully﻿ tackle climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) yesterday .
Following Pope Francis's arrival in New York yesterday , regional leaders from around the world, including Kathmandu and New York ( New York ), signed the 'Under 2 MOU' pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 80% and 95% below 1990 levels to limit global to below 2 °C. Through the MOU, each signatory has agreed to certain policy objectives aimed at achieving emissions standard goals by 2050 , such as sharing information, experiences, innovation and technologies. Although the MOU is not a binding contract, it is part of a broader approach to﻿ succesfully﻿ tackle climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) yesterday .