Paris climate deal might just be enough to start turning the tide on global warming | Lenore Taylor
by Lenore Taylor in Paris from on (#XGTH)
Despite the dysfunctional international process and the imperfect national promises and the arguments over detail, the Paris agreement - setting solid expectations for the world to limit temperature rise - gives even a cynic cause for optimism
No superlative was left unused as the French president Franiois Hollande, the foreign minister Laurent Fabius and the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon lined up on Saturday to maximise pressure on negotiators in Paris to accept the final draft of the climate agreement.
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