The need for a new agreement, new goals

"Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as weather change. In fact, it is about changes in the way we live.” The statement hit the nail on the head, as despite significant efforts, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world still faces serious climate challenges. They intensify with each passing day and pose serious risks to the Earth and future generations.

It is time to think about the need to replace the Paris Agreement with a reformulated, strong international framework. Legally binding regulations incorporating a reformed restrictive approach represent an intense and urgent need to address global challenges.

As the American writer Claire Cook said: “If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters.

A silent offender

One critical area to prioritize is an agreement to control activities that produce nitrous oxide (N₂O) or laughing gas, a major greenhouse gas (GHG) that has an atmospheric warming potential 300 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2) and it can last more than 100 years.

Together with CO2 and methane, it contributes to human climate change, pollutes the soil, water and air and damages the ozone layer. ( Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi , more at etedge-insights.com)