Apa Sherpa on the summit of Mt. Everest. Apa Sherpa holds the record of most summits of the world's highest mountain with 21 successful summits. (Photo) Mingma Sherpa. On May 11, 2011, Apa Sherpa summited Everest for the 21st time, breaking his own record of 20 summits.
Next steps: So what are the next steps for China in implementing the Paris Agreement? Here are some of the major ones: Incorporate the agreement into national and local Five Year Plans: China's Five Year Plans are the government's major development blueprints for long-term social and economic policies.
Demonstrators gather for People's Climate March in Washington in April 2017. Thomson Reuters In December 2015, nearly every country, including all of the world's biggest polluters, came together in Paris and agreed to limit carbon emissions. The Paris Agreement was designed to keep the planet from warming by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. It was a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy. Now President Donald Trump is withdrawing the US from the accord. Here's a quick primer on the Paris Agreement. What did the US agree to? The Paris Agreement laid out a framework for countries to adopt clean energy and phase out fossil fuels. Each country submitted a climate-action plan laying out how it would achieve these goals.