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After Paris, what lies ahead for world climate?

Published Sun, Dec 13, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Le Bourget, France

AFTER a champagne moment in Paris, where ministers from around the world crafted a pact to fight perilous climate change, now comes the hard part.

Observers are under no illusion that celebrations and high-flown rhetoric are enough when it comes to rolling back greenhouse-gas emissions.

If anything, they say, the divisions that beleaguered the nearly two-week haggle have underscored the political and economic obstacles that now lie ahead.

The deal finally struck on Saturday, a day into extra time, enshrines the goal to cap global warming at 2 degree Celsius over pre-industrial levels - and at an eve…

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