{"id":8670,"date":"2016-02-17T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T08:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2016-02-17T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T08:48:59","slug":"fiji-first-country-world-ratify-paris-climate-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/02\/fiji-first-country-world-ratify-paris-climate-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji is first country in the world to ratify Paris climate agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/fiji-is-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ratify-the-paris-agreement\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fiji-island02-889x582.jpg\" alt=\"Fiji is first country in the world to ratify Paris climate agreement\" \/><\/a>Last Friday, the island nation of Fiji <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/feb\/15\/fiji-becomes-first-country-in-the-world-to-ratify-paris-agreement\">became the first<\/a> to ratify the UN climate deal <a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/195-countries-vote-to-adopt-a-historic-climate-agreement-at-cop21\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">reached in Paris last December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji\u2019s prime minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, told the nation\u2019s parliament it was important to act now to protect the archipelago from floods, increasingly destructive tropical storms, and the loss of fish stocks as the surrounding seas warm.<\/p>\n<p>The country <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/bg\/analysis\/2415125\/paris-climate-pledges-at-a-glance\">has pledged<\/a> to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and cut its emissions by 30% in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/fiji-is-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ratify-the-paris-agreement\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fiji is first country in the world to ratify Paris agreement | Inhabitat &#8211; Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country has pledged to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and cut its emissions by 30% in the meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,16,130,534],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fiji is first country in the world to ratify Paris climate agreement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The country\u00a0has pledged\u00a0to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and cut its emissions by 30% in the meantime.\" \/>\n<meta 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