Showing posts with label United Nations; Climate Change; Paris Agreement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations; Climate Change; Paris Agreement. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2016

More Than 170 States Set To Sign Landmark Climate Agreement

In this Dec. 12, 2015 photo, French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius, second, right, United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres and United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon applaud after the final conference at the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

More than 170 countries are lining up to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal takes a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.