As we celebrate the five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, an international framework for combating global warming, young people around the world have lit candles and protested governments to strengthen their countermeasures. It was.
The Paris Agreement is an international framework for global warming countermeasures adopted in Paris, France in 2015, with the goal of making efforts to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to before the Industrial Revolution. However, it has been pointed out that the average temperature is likely to rise above 3 degrees Celsius as it is now.
As we celebrate the five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement on December 12, youths have organized protests around the world calling on governments to strengthen their measures.
Of these, in Paris, on the 11th, about 100 people gathered in the square in front of the Eiffel Tower, and the participants lit candles and arranged them in the form of "up to 1.5 degrees".
Romalik Churel, a student who hosted the event, criticized the French government's measures, saying, "There is a fear that our future will disappear as it is. I want the government to act properly instead of taking a small step." We sought an effective approach.