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UN climate change chief steps down after historic Paris deal
2016-02-19 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The UNs climate chief said on Friday she will step down in July, at the end of a six-year term, and praised governments for reaching a 195-nation deal in Paris in December to shift the world economy from fossil fuels to cleaner energies. Christiana Figueres, a 59-year-old Costa Rican, said she would not accept any extension of her term as head of the Bonn-based UN Climate Change Secretariat after what she called the historic Paris Agreement. We now move into a phase of urgent implementation,...
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