Envoys from 195 nations on Saturday adopted to cheers and tears a historic accord to stop global warming, which threatens humanity with rising seas and worsening droughts, floods and storms.
Unbridled joy as the #ParisAgreement is adopted at #COP21 in Paris!
https://t.co/fHq89g050p
— UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) December 12, 2015
Watch the moment when the new, universal #ParisAgreement was adopted at #COP21 pic.twitter.com/b3F6p0KBWi
— UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) December 12, 2015
“I see the room, I see the reaction is positive, I hear no objection. The Paris climate accord is adopted,” said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, banging down a gavel to cap a decades-long diplomatic quest to combat climate change.
Congratulating the world on the agreement, US President Barack Obama said in a tweet:
This is huge: Almost every country in the world just signed on to the #ParisAgreement on climate change—thanks to American leadership.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 12, 2015
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that the pact was a “huge step forward in helping the secure the future.”
PM: The talks at #COP21 in Paris have culminated in an historic global deal: https://t.co/7BfO99ZwGH #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/cjN1KdIvGa
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) December 12, 2015
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the climate deal is a monumental triumph for people and our planet.
Ban Ki-moon: History was made today. The #ParisAgreement is a monumental triumph for people and our planet. #climatechange #COP21
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) December 12, 2015
Ban Ki-moon: #ParisAgreement sets the stage 4 progress in ending poverty, strengthening peace & ensure a life of dignity & opportunity 4 all
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) December 12, 2015