Australia ratifies climate pact amid Trump fears

2016/11/10 09:06:46 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Australia ratified the Paris climate agreement on Thursday, amid fears US president-elect Donald Trump could follow through on his pledge to & quot;cancel & quot; the landmark pact aimed at tackling global warming. More than 100 nations representing 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions have inked the historic Paris Agreement, the world & #039;s first universal climate pact, which came into force in early November. Australia & #039;s approval of the binding deal was delayed by national elections in July and its announcement Thursday came ahead of the departure of the country & #039;s foreign and environment ministers for UN climate talks i n Marrakesh.
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