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Global climate conference adopts historic deal
2015-12-12 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A global climate conference on Saturday adopted an international accord aimed at transforming the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and slowing the pace of global warming. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius banged down his gavel to rapturous applause, signaling the deal was agreed by nearly 200 nations.
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A climate deal has been made in Paris! Heres what it says
2015-12-12 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
On Earth: Well, that was easy. I mean, not that easythere apparently was some late-night posturing and maybe even some shoutingbut negotiators from 195 nations in Paris actually managed to hammer out a climate change deal. The agreement will incorporate the carbon reduction goals that each country proposed prior to the meeting, with a goal of keeping the global average mean temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius over the long term. The negotiators may have overshot their self-imposed deadline, but if...
COP21 climate change summit reaches deal in Paris
2015-12-12 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The deal is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. The text agreed accepts that the dangers of climate change are...
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World agrees landmark climate deal
2015-12-12 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The pact is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. President of the UN climate conference of parties (COP)...
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Decoding Paris climate deal: What does it mean?
2015-12-12 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A two-week climate conference in Paris ended on Saturday with the first universal agreement on climate change. Some 186 countries have made national pledges for climate action, and agreed a global long-term goal to phase out greenhouse gas emissions, marking a turning point in the fossil fuel era. The Paris outcome has two documents. The all-important, 12-page document Paris Agreement, which sets out new commitments for climate action beyond 2020, and potentially through this century....
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