Kazakhstan signs Paris Climate Agreement
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan signed on Tuesday the Paris Climate Agreement at the UN headquarters in New York. The 31-page document was inked by Foreign Affairs Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov who later met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
According to the United Nations Radio, Kazakhstan planned to sign the agreement in April along with other nations, but wasn't able to finalize document procedures in time. According to Erlan Idrisov, Kazakhstan plans to ratify the agreement this year.
"We want to set the example. We have undertaken the commitment to ratify the document this year - the sooner, the better. Hopefully we will quickly ratify the agreement," Idrissov was quoted as saying.
Minister Idrissov reminded that Kazakhstan is committed to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Additionally, the Kazakh authorities set an ambitious long-term goal to generate 50% of energy using renewable energy resources by 2050.