France’s Fabius Says Final Draft Text Is Ambitious, Balanced, Historic
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said a draft climate pact hammered out after two weeks of talks in Paris was ambitious, balanced and if adopted would be an “historic turning point” to keeping temperature rises well below 2 degrees Celsius.
Cracking with emotion after talks ran into a day of over time, Fabius said the text nearly 200 governments must now endorse constituted “the best balance possible”.
It seeks to keep temperature rises “well below” 2 degrees Celsius and if possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, Fabius told delegates to loud applause
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