World Leaders Gather to Try to Save Earth From Overheating
LE BOURGET, France—With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders began two weeks of talks on Nov. 30, aimed at producing the most...
View ArticleParis Climate Conference Is a Bad Deal for America
At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, or COP21, President Obama plans to sign another bad deal for America. The United States will pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent to 28 percent by...
View ArticleObama Says Parts of Climate Deal Must Be Legally Binding
LE BOURGET, France—President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the countries that sign on, setting up a potential...
View ArticleWorldwide Conflicts Threaten to Overshadow Paris Climate Summit
PARIS—A U.N.-sponsored climate change summit opened Monday, Nov. 30, amid gathering clouds of global conflict that threaten to overshadow the negotiations. More than 150 heads of state, including...
View ArticleNearly 200 Nations Pledge to Slow Global Warming
LE BOURGET, France—Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but...
View ArticleRegional Spats, ‘Climate Justice’ Hijack Paris Talks on Global Warming
PARIS—Competing national interests and even personal rivalries have cast a cloud over the international summit on climate change meeting here, and the issue of “climate justice” has proven to be a...
View ArticleHistoric Pact to Slow Global Warming Is Celebrated in Paris
LE BOURGET, France—Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but...
View ArticleNow Comes the Tough Part: The World’s Carbon Diet Starts
PARIS—The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won’t be easy—or cheap. Nearly 200 nations across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil...
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