Explainer: How countries could come to a global climate deal in 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 07:20
in Earth & Climate
At the end of this year, 196 countries from around the world will meet in Paris for the first attempt to reach a global deal on climate action since the much-hyped climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009. Hope is building that Paris will see an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020, and ultimately keep global warming to below 2C.