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Green groups are deeply divided on whether the Paris Agreement is a win or loss
The Democratic presidential candidates are divided too.
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Obama calls Paris climate agreement “a turning point for the world”
Is this the moment when the rise of the oceans begins to slow?
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How world leaders came to agree on a landmark climate deal
The deal is far from an ultimate solution to climate change, but it represents unprecedented progress.
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Activists on the street have the last word in Paris
As many as 10,000 people from across Europe and beyond made the point that the Paris climate agreement isn't nearly strong enough.
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![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
Here’s what you need to know about the new Paris climate agreement
What will the deal do? What things made it into the text? What didn’t? We explain all.
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World leaders adopt 1.5 C goal — and we’re damn well going to hold them to it
Bill McKibben applauds the Paris climate agreement's goal to restrain temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. Now we have to demand that leaders actually do it.
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![Greenpeace activists create a solar symbol around the world-famous Paris landmark, the Arc de Triomphe.]()
See aerial images of climate activists doing funky things in Paris
They turned the streets around the Arc de Triomphe into a giant sun, wrote "climate justice" across the city, and more.
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The next 24 hours will have a huge impact on the future of Earth
Tension is rising between the United States and China as the deadline for a climate deal approaches.
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Here’s why the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund endorsed Hillary Clinton
The green group argues that Clinton is best positioned to hit the ground running with a strong climate agenda on day one.
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Women are getting a bum deal from the Paris climate talks
Climate change takes a hard toll on women, but it's tough to get that message through to the people (mostly men) making the decisions.
