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What is the Paris Agreement?

The Paris Agreement

21 January 2021

A universal and legally-binding agreement to combat climate change, which aims to keep global temperatures from rising 2 ⁰C above pre-industrial levels.
USA, West Virginia, Winfield, Steam billows from smokestacks at John Amos Coal-Fired Power Plant above neighborhood along Kanawha River on spring night

Global climate pledges need to be ramped up to keep warming below 1.5C

5 November 2019

Countries deemed to have insufficient plans include the world’s biggest emitters, China, India and the US, which on Monday started the formal process of withdrawing from the Paris deal

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