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Final draft of climate deal would limit warming to well below 2 degrees

Organisers of the climate talks in Paris have released details of a proposed landmark deal to curb c...
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11:56 AM - 12 Dec 2015



Final draft of climate deal wo...

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Final draft of climate deal would limit warming to well below 2 degrees

TodayFM
TodayFM

11:56 AM - 12 Dec 2015



Organisers of the climate talks in Paris have released details of a proposed landmark deal to curb climate change after two weeks of talks.

Nearly 200 countries are attempting to strike the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions.

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the final draft of the deal is fair, legally binding and would limit warming to well below 2 degrees celcius.

The accord would come into being in 2020.

Laurent Fabius says, if adopted, it would be an "historic turning point":

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the whole world is watching.



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