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Paris climate deal ‘not a failure’ if it busts 2C goal

(This article was originally published here) A Paris climate pact will not have failed if it does not deliver greenhouse gas cuts to limit global warming to 2C. So says Dan Reifsnyder, one of two UN co-chairs coaxing 196 countries towards a carbon-cutting agreement this December. In an exclusive interview with RTCC, he and colleague Ahmed…

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The Paris Alliance for Climate

(This article was originally published here)   ‘The last pillar is the Lima-Paris agenda, also called the agenda of solutions’ The Conference of Parties, the COP, is the United Nations framework for Climate negotiations. In December 2015, Paris will host the next COP: COP21. COP21 is not “one more COP,” because humanity is at a…