COP21 talks: Climate deal agreed by 195 states
Agreement adopted more than 24 hours after official end of fortnight-long conference
Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 09:06 Updated: Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 19:28
A “historic” deal to tackle climate change has been agreed by 195 countries at United Nations talks in Paris.
The international agreement was adopted more than 24 hours after the official end of the fortnight-long conference in the French capital, following days and nights of shuttle diplomacy and wrangling between countries.
The decision was greeted with huge cheers, tears and hugging and a standing ovation in the hall, as well as cheers, clapping and shouts in the media room and among campaigners in the other halls.
The deal is the world’s first comprehensive climate agreement, and is intended to see all countries taking action to tackle the problem.
Eerlier, amid thunderous applause and an atmosphere charged with emotion, French president Francois Hollande and his foreign minister Laurent Fabius - the conference president - called on delegates at the COP21 climate summit to adopt a historic agreement to tackle climate change.
“You are the world,” Mr Hollande told ministers and negotiators representing 195 countries at the summit in Le Bourget, just north of Paris. “We are at a decisive moment in time,” he said. “There is only one relevant question: Do we want an agreement.”
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What-A “historic” deal to tackle climate change has been agreed
When-Dec 12, 2015
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How-agreed by 195 countries at United Nations talks in Paris.
key words(5-10):
conference (v.)委託
shuttle (v.)穿梭
diplomacy (n.)外交
wrangling (v.)吵架
campaigners (n.)運動員
comprehensive (a.)全面
intended (n.)意向
minister (n.)部長
summit (n.)首腦
delegates (n.)代表
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