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Climate-saving draft – UN at Paris

Paris climate talks: UN adopts climate-saving draft as stars add voices to call for change, ABC News 6 Dec 15  Negotiators from 195 nations have delivered a blueprint for a pact to save mankind from disastrous global warming, raising hopes that decades of arguments will finally end with a historic agreement in Paris.

Key points:

A blueprint has been been reached to curb effects of global warming
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sean Penn, Chinese tycoon Jack Ma lobbied for climate change targets
Final agreement not guaranteed despite draft deal confirmation

The planned deal would aim to break the world’s dependence on fossil fuels for energy, slashing the greenhouse gas emissions from burning oil, coal and gas that are causing temperatures to rise dangerously.

Tortuous UN negotiations dating back to the early 1990s have failed to forge unity between rich and poor nations, and the Paris talks are being described as the “last, best chance” to save mankind……….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-06/hopes-rise-as-un-adopts-climate-saving-blueprint/7004920

December 7, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general