2015•12•12 Paris Thomson Reuters
Ministers and officials at U.N. talks in Paris have received the final version of a landmark global accord to tackle climate change.
“This will be a major leap for humankind,” said French President , encouraging countries to adopt the agreement in Paris later on Saturday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the time had come to acknowledge that national interests are best served by acting in the global interest.
“Nature is sending urgent signals. People and countries are threatened as never before,” he told delegates assembled to hear the key points of the agreement from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
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