05.10.2016 - EU Parliament approves Paris ratification
Landmark global climate treaty set to enter force next month after the EU Parliament green lights ratification. The European Parliament has this morning approved the fast-track ratification of the Paris Agreement, clearing the way for the historic treaty to enter force in time for the next UN climate summit in Marrakech next month. In the presence of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the President of COP 21 Ségolène Royal, the European Union today voted to approve the ratification of the treaty, which commits the world to limiting global warming to "well below" two degrees...........................................Full Article: Source
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