This past weekend, almost 200 world leaders signed a historic climate agreement, with a main goal of keeping the average global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels by 2100. The document also includes the ambition to keep the temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible.
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Here are highlights from the first week of the Climate Summit in Paris. World leaders spent the week making speeches and holding sessions to fund the expansion of renewable energy and sustainability, setting the stage for week two, where high-level negotiations will take place.