The signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by world leaders in the UN headquarters in New York on Friday will be a milestone in global joint efforts to combat the common threat faced by mankind.

The agreement, which was reached in the French capital in December 2015, sets the target of holding the global average temperature rise below 2 C as compared with the pre-industrial level. It promises a climate-friendly future may yet be achieved.

We have only one Earth and the threats we face from climate change are real. It is the common responsibility of all nations to ensure future generations do not suffer the consequences because of this generation's inaction.