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Big countries are still waiting to ratify the Paris climate deal. Whats the holdup?
2016-07-01 11:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In the wake of the U.K.s vote to leave the European Union, environmentalists have been in a bit of a tizzy. The Paris climate deal, negotiated late last year, needs ratification from 55 parties accounting for at least 55 percent of global emissions before it kicks into effect -- and the 28-member EU, which must ratify as a bloc, makes up the third-largest slice of the emissions pie. But things are tumultuous in Brussels these days, raising concerns that the EU might not manage the task anytime...
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