OREANDA-NEWS. President Petro Poroshenko signed Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Paris Agreement” adopted by the Parliament on July 14.

The agreement was adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC on December 12, 2015. Ukraine signed the agreement in New York on April 22, 2016. The document has already been signed by 177 countries.

The Paris Agreement is designed to substitute the Kyoto Protocol. Its purpose is to accelerate the implementation of the UNFCCC provisions and enhance global response to climate change in the context of sustainability and efforts to combat poverty.