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[h=4]Climate deal within reach; 'powerful' document drafted in Paris[/h]PARIS – Delegates from nearly 200 countries were eagerly waiting the Saturday release of what summit organizers say will soon be the first global climate agreement.
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With a possible COP21 agreement on the horizon, the Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the words "decarbonize", "1.5 degrees" , "Humanenergy" and "Climatesign" to urge the participants to find a compromise.
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A climate activist holds a placard during a demonstration in Paris, Dec.12, 2015, during the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.(Photo: Matt Dunham, AP)
PARIS —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Delegates from nearly 200 countries on Saturday were evaluating the latest — and what organizers hope is the last — draft of what is set to become the world’s first-ever global climate agreement.
It was the fourth draft in less than a week at the United Nations climate conference, and the first completely free of bracketed sections indicating disagreement. It will be up to envoys from around the world to either vote to adopt the document<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or to renegotiate specific points.
French president Francois Hollande told delegates they had the future of the planet in their hands.
"It is rare to have an opportunity to change the world,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hollande told the negotiators. "You have it and you must grasp it."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, president of the climate change summit, said the document<span style="color: Red;">*</span>represented the “best possible balance” between the priorities of all countries, rather rich or poor, large or small. He called it “powerful and delegate.”
The proposed deal states that rich countries must help poorer nations pay for efforts to adapt to climate change and make their economies more resilient, but it does not include specific dollar amounts beyond the figures already agreed to for 2020. It seeks to keep global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial levels, but keeps the door open to a 1.5-degree (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) target.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
"By including a long-term temperature goal of below 2 degrees of warming with a reference to a 1.5-degree goal, the latest draft text sends a strong signal that governments are committed to being in line with science,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Tasneem Essop of World Wide Fund for Nature. "What we need now is for their actions, including emission reductions and finance, to add up to delivering on that goal."
Once the conference adopts an agreement, the process moves toward<span style="color: Red;">*</span>getting national legislatures to approve the agreement. In the latest draft, ratification requires approval of at least 55 countries representing 55%<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the world’s emissions to sign on before 2020.
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