Victory: COP21 sets 1.5C 'long term temperature goal'

The Ecologist
Dec 5, 2015, 12:00 pm174 pts
The latest text of the Paris Agreement on climate change published today sets 1.5C as its 'long term temperature goal', half a degree lower than previously agreed. It's a big victory for poor 'climate vulnerable' countries - and a blow for Saudi Arabia.

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Victory: COP21 sets 1.5C 'long term temperature goal'

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