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The Paris Agreement: the world unites to fight climate change

27.06.2016
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At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries agreed to the world's first universal action plan to tackle climate change by limiting global warming to ‘well below 2°C’. This historic achievement was just the beginning – now every country must turn their promises into action.

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Africa
Asia
Europe and Central Asia
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)
Western Balkans
Western Europe
Latin America & the Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
North America
Pacific
African Union (AU)
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Council of Europe
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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Order of Malta
UN Geneva
UN New York
Paris - OECD and UN
UN Rome
Vienna - International Organisations
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Djibouti
DR Congo (Kinshasa)
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
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Kenya
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Malawi
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Mozambique
Namibia
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Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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South Africa
South Sudan
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Tanzania
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Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Brunei Darussalam
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India
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Japan
Lao PDR
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Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
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Kosovo*
Montenegro
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Mexico
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