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#COP21 Really Does Change Everything - The Announcement
#COP21 Really Does Change Everything - The Announcement Via Twitter
A Storify by Scoop out-going editor @althecat
On 12 December 2015 the UN Climate Summit in Paris, France concluded 2 weeks of negotiations. The result was significantly more positive than anyone had thought possible. Not only is the draft agreement legally binding but it targets a 1.5 degree maximum temperature rise. Here's how it unfolded. Special thanks to @RyanMearns, @JulesHickey, @ChrisBramwell and @Elysee for their tweets.
See also earlier commentary : #COP21 Delivers On Its Promise And Really Changes Everything
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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