Sunday, April 3, 2016

Paris, Brussels and beyond

Marchers hold a sign at the Global Climate March in Washington, DC on November 29, 2015, the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

The European Commission has issued its final communication delineating the way forward in the aftermath of the Paris Climate Agreement that shall open for signature on Earth Day in New York, on April 22. The agreement, hailed by analysts as 'historic', sets the global climate regime on course towards sustaining global temperatures to well below the 20C threshold, preferably aiming towards a much safer 1.50C rise compared to pre-industrial times. The most salient 'historic' dimension of the treaty probably lies in the fact that it achieved universal consensus when country delegates met last... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.

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