New Zealand Herald: A global climate change deal has been hailed in New Zealand as a historic step, but scientists and environmentalists say the deal now needs to be backed with action.
The Paris Agreement, signed by 197 countries yesterday morning (NZ time) after two weeks of negotiations, was described by Climate Change Minister Tim Groser as a "huge and historic step forward".
It is the first global agreement on climate change and all member countries are committed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C this...