
Landmark Climate Change Agreement has been signed in Paris: A good start but not the end
On December 12th nearly 200 countries agreed that the pathway to save our planet is to keep 80% of fossil fuels in the ground and move our economy from a carbon based economy to one built on renewable energy President Announces Paris Climate Deal Representatives from 195 countries unanimously committed to deeper emissions reductions aimed at keeping total warming “to well below 2°C [3.6°F] above pre-industrial levels.” The full text of this Paris Agreement goes even further,