“If enough countries start implementing the Paris agreement, historians will see this as a watershed moment,” said Erik Solheim, director of the United Nations environment program. The deal goes into legal force when at least 55 countries representing 55 percent of global emissions sign on. Interested in keeping up with climate change? Sign up to receive our in-depth journalism about climate change around the world. But how does that happen?” said Jo Tyndall, the climate change envoy of New Zealand, who played a central role in brokering the Paris agreement.

Source: New York Times September 22, 2016 00:56 UTC