In what supporters are calling a historic achievement, 196 parties attending the COP21 climate meetings outside Paris voted to adopt an agreement Saturday that covers both developed and developing ...

Firstly, the COP21 agreement states the goal to be "well below 2 degrees C and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C over pre-industrial levels, this century.

Largely because of the power corporations wield, the COP21 agreement includes mostly business-friendly market place solutions. None of the words “fossil fuels”, “oil” or “coal” appears ...

COP21 Agreements Are Essential to the Future of Cities and the New Urban Agenda. Next City Publisher Tom Dallessio calls for 160-plus nations to approve an aggressive plan to limit fossil fuel ...

Related: COP21 Agreements Could Lead to an Explosion in the Renewable Energy Sector Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama has been stressing the importance of action on climate change throughout ...

Analysts say the COP21 agreement is not a treaty, and will not require ratification by the US Congress before going into effect. See All Key Ideas.

COP21 Agreements Could Lead to an Explosion in the Renewable Energy Sector. Published Nov 13, 2015 at 12:43 PM EST Updated May 01, 2016 at 2:16 PM EDT.

Some 196 Countries have agreed a new international deal to tackle climate change following marathon United Nations talks in Paris. Delegates approved the historic agreement on Saturday, with the ...

The president of COP21 is expected to release a new and final version of the draft agreement then. That’s when the world’s true ambitions for fighting climate change will become clear.

COP21: Paris deal far too ... The hollow cheering of success at the end of COP21 agreement proved yet again that people will hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest.

COP21 is not just about an environmental agreement. It really needs to turn into a larger financial agreement. Without this broadening of scope, the environmental transition is likely impossible.