Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law

‘UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced November 4 as the day the Paris Agreement to combat climate change became international law.
“Today we make history in humankind’s effort to combat climate change. The landmark Paris Agreement on climate change has entered into force,” Ban said at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday.
Article 21, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement states that the international climate deal will enter into force 30 days after the date on which at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 percent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval with the UN secretary general.’
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