The Heat: COP21 close to an agreement

The Heat

Leaders from 150 nations, along with 40 thousand delegates from 195 countries are “extremely close to the finish line” on a global climate change agreement. That according to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

The Conference of Parties – or COP21 – is trying to seal agreement to keep temperature rises in check and avoid dangerous global warming.
For more on the agreement itself CCTV America’s Kate Parkinson reports from Paris.

Joining The Heat from Paris to talk about all this is:

Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of India’s Center for Science and Environment.

David Waskow is the director of the International Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute.

Joining The Heat to continue the discussion is:

Louis Verchot, the Director of Environmental Research at the Center for International Forestry Research.

Damian Ryan is head of international policy at The Climate Group.

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