Governments agree rules for implementing 2015 Paris climate agreement

COP24 President Michal Kurtyka speaks during a final session of the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, December 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - Copyright KACPER PEMPEL(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 16/12/2018 - 00:02•Updated 24/04/2024 - 19:49

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KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations agreed on Saturday on a rulebook for implementing a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change.

After two weeks of talks and two years of work, nations overcame political divisions to reach consensus on a more detailed framework for the 2015 Paris Agreement which aims to limit a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.

(Reporting by Nina Chestney, Agnieszka Barteczko and Bate Felix; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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Governments agree rules for implementing 2015 Paris climate agreement

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