Paris Climate Change Conference
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196 countries met in Paris to negotiate a new global agreement for fighting climate change. The pact sealed here, after negotiations under the existing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, promises to put in place a new set of globally agreed rules by which countries will collaborate on reducing emissions and adapting to climate change over coming decades.
The agreement promises to keep the rise of global temperature far below two degrees Celsius by the turn of the century. It has also been agreed that steps will be taken To ensure global emissions peak as soon as possible, with developed countries doing so before others. The package of decisions that all 196 countries have agreed to also involves ensuring that net greenhouse gas emissions become zero in the second half this century. |
196 countries agree to the Paris agreement on climate change
Resets the framework by which world will move away from fossil fuels before 2100
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Q & A
'The long term goal to reduce emissions must account for equity'
Xolisa Ngwadla a South African, who leads the climate change negotiator for the Africa Group of Nations at Paris
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Interview with Member of the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change
Nitin Sethi in Paris
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Paris package gets green light from 196 nations
Penultimate draft for climate pact cleared; solution to all other issues to be resolved by ministers in the second week of negotiations
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Interview with the chairperson of the G77 and China group
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US wants developing nations to also share finance costs
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Developing countries unite on CBDR principle
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134 developing countries warn of collapse in Paris if developed countries break convention over finance
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Sunita Narain: Expectations from Paris
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Quotes
"Outcome of Paris Agreement has no winners or losers. Climate justice has won & we are all working towards a greener future"
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India
