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COP21: Agreement!

Adieu Fossil Fuels

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¶The world now has its first universally accepted plan to limit climate change! The agreement will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from human activities to curtail dangerous atmospheric warming and related climate changes, BBC News reported at 3:40 am. [CleanTechnica]

¶ Organizers of COP21 say a final draft text has been reached after two weeks of intensive negotiations. An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the draft would be presented to ministers at 10:30 GMT. No details of the draft have been released so far. [BBC]

¶ Campaigning organization Friends of the Earth Scotland has launched Fossil Free Scotland, a campaign to end the use of fossil fuels, in Paris during the final days of COP21, with a tagline to ensure “A just transition to a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, zero-fossil-fuel Scotland.” [CleanTechnica