What a way to celebrate Earth Day.
A total of 155 nations, including the U.S. and China, are planning to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change on Friday, which is the first day it will be open for signature.
Such a large number of signatories so quickly would set a record for international agreements, beating out the 119 signatories on the opening day of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.
This massive single-day signing, the specifics of which were confirmed by the U.N. and a senior State Department official, would show the continued momentum behind taking action to curb manmade global warming. Read more…
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