Iranian FM due in NY for UN Climate Summit

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit New York on April 18 to join the UN Climate Summit, Tasnim reported Apr. 16.

A landmark agreement will be signed by 155 countries to tackle the climate change at a ceremony at the UN headquarters Apr. 22, the UN said Friday.

The Paris agreement, achieved last year, will take effect 30 days after at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, deposit their instruments of ratification or acceptance with the secretary-general, AP reported on April 15.

The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C.

The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020.