Saturday, December 12, 2015

2 Degrees, $100 Billion: The World Climate Agreement, By The Numbers

Representatives from 196 nations made a historic pact Saturday, agreeing to adopt green energy sources, cut down on climate change emissions and limit the rise of global temperatures — while also cooperating to cope with the impact of unavoidable climate change.

The deal still needs to be adopted by individual governments — but the acceptance by the diplomats gathered in Paris has been hailed as "transformative."

The agreement acknowledges that the threat of climate change is "urgent and potentially irreversible," and can only be addressed through "the widest possible cooperation by all countries" and "deep reductions in global emissions."  But how deep will those reductions be — and how soon, and who's paying for it?

Here are some key figures from the final agreement. - Read More at the NPR

2 Degrees, $100 Billion: The World Climate Agreement, By The Numbers


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