Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris

December 12, 2015
By Coral Davenport
New York Times

LE BOURGET, France — With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.

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