10 things you need to know today: December 13, 2015

Leaders reach historic climate change pact, Ted Cruz surges in Iowa, and more

U.N. and French officials celebrate the landmark climate change deal reached in Paris by global leaders.
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1. Global leaders approve landmark climate change deal

Almost every country in the world approved a historic pact to curb climate change Saturday, following two weeks of United Nations-led negotiations in Paris. The 195 nations will work toward capping atmospheric temperature increases at or below 2 degrees Celsius by limiting fossil fuel emissions. The deal marks the "first universal agreement in the history of climate negotiations," said French President François Hollande.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.