Diplomats reach final draft agreement in climate change negotiations

Demonstrators in France advocate for a climate change deal as negotiators participate in Paris talks.
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Diplomats in Paris unveiled the final draft of a global climate change agreement Saturday, with government ministers expected to reject or approve the deal later in the day, CNN reports.

The agreement would call for limiting the increase in atmospheric temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, The New York Times reports. The draft follows two weeks of negotiations at the annual United Nations climate change summit, attended by nearly every country in the world.

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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.