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Impressive. Nearly 200 nations have actually agreed to a climate deal in Paris.

Posted by TWuGbacca (aka TWuG) Dec 12 '15, 12:46

Some action is actually required, so these aren't just pledges of action that can be ignored like in Kyoto.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-leaders-agree-historic-deal-climate-change-n478931?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=827e3462b4ac61be3d26e7b906de9681 (www.nbcnews.com)

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To be clear, if the U.S., China an India aren't on that list, the rest don't matter. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:00
To be clear, if the U.S., China an India aren't on that list, the rest don't matter. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 13:34 1
- Yes, it would have to clear Congress for the US to be covered by it, though an administration could take steps to comply even without Congressional - TWuGbacca Dec 12, 13:50
they can always ignore (or cheat) -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 12, 12:47 1
- That's true of any international deal. (The nuclear deal with Iran, for example) I'll be interested to read about the enforcement rules though -- nm - Roger More Dec 12, 13:41

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