Nicaragua has announced it will sign the Paris Accord

Nicaragua plans to sign the Paris climate agreement - which makes the US and Syria the only two countries not fully on board.

We will soon adhere; we will sign the Paris Agreement. "We have already had meetings addressing the issue and we have already programmed the accession".

He is doing so out of "solidarity" with countries that are the "first victims" to the effects of climate change and are the most vulnerable to climate-related natural disasters, including countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

This historic endeavor now leaves only the United States and Syria as the two countries indicating that they will not participate in the agreement to tackle climate change.

Ortega's administration hasn't set a date yet on when he will sign the 2015 climate accords. Nicaragua had previously declined to join the agreement because it felt that it did not go far enough to curb emissions and did not require enough financial help from wealthy, developed nations for climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries.

Jose Adan Aguerri, President of the Superior Council for Private Business, saluted the announcement by tweeting that it is the right decision for the Government to sign the Paris Agreement and join the global effort of the fight against climate change.

While Nicaragua is the fourth-most climate change vulnerable country, according to the 2014 Global Climate Risk Index, it creates almost 50 percent of its energy from renewable sources.