Paris accord on tackling global warming a historic first step

Paris accord on tackling global warming a historic first step

U.S. and Chinese negotiators exchange words before the Paris Agreement was adopted at U.N. climate talks on Dec. 12, 2015. The world took the first historic step forward to stop global warming by setting out the long-term goal of effectively reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero in the second half of the 21st century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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