Sentences with phrase «historic international climate agreement»

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Commentary: International Maritime Organization agrees to first long - term plan to curb emissions Historic shipping industry climate deal is in line with Paris Agreement and the IEA's Beyond 2 °C Scenario 13 April 2018

WRI hosted a press call with international climate experts just hours before the Paris Agreement crossed the threshold of entry into force on Wednesday, October 5, to give context around this historic moment.

Global leaders convened in Paris for the United Nations climate summit, where they reached a historic international agreement to act on climate change.

We are also showing international leadership on climate change, reaching historic agreements to set emission limits in unison with all major developed and developing nations.

Coming off of the hottest year on record globally, international leaders met last week in New York to sign the historic Paris Climate Agreement.

Commentary: International Maritime Organization agrees to first long - term plan to curb emissions Historic shipping industry climate deal is in line with Paris Agreement and the IEA's Beyond 2 °C Scenario 13 April 2018

While many scientists and climate change activists hailed December's Paris agreement as a historic step forward for international efforts to limit global warming, the landmark accord rests on a highly dubious assumption: to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in global average temperature to less than 2 °C (much less the more ambitious goal of 1.5 °C), we don't just need to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to essentially zero by the end of this century.