All greenhouse gas emitting countries have signed the COP21 agreement and this week countries representing 47.76% of greenhouse gas emissions agreed to ratify the Paris agreement. 30 days after ...

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 ...

Climate change: CNN’s John D. Sutter says the Paris agreement is historic and ambitious, but it must be met with forceful action on the national level.

Mr. Xie Zhenhua, China’s special envoy to COP21 and head of the Chinese delegation told BBC News that the Paris agreement is a major step forward in global efforts to curb climate change.

This is well above, not well below, the 2.0C goal of the Paris Agreement. ... More: BBC News special report (or follow the COP21 tag in the BBC News app) Top stories.

COP21 or the 21st Conference of Parties led to a new international climate agreement, the Paris Agreement, which applies in every country.It aims to limit global warming to 1.5-2°C compared to ...

COP21: Paris climate deal 'our best chance to save the planet', says Obama. Pledge would see 'acceptable' level of global warning cut to less than 2C, with 1.5C the aim ...

President Donald Trump on his first day in office again withdrew the U.S. from a landmark global pact to fight climate change. So what is the Paris Agreement? And what happens to it now?

A demonstrator in front of the Eiffel Tower during COP21. The Paris Agreement creates a subtle but powerful mechanism to ratchet up the carbon-cutting commitments of all countries until they reach ...

Trump removed the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement during his first administration, only to have President Joe Biden reverse this decision and rejoin the U.S. to the accords in 2021 when he ...