195-nation Accord

To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 196 member states approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

Time is running out to avert "a climate catastrophe," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned today as ministers opened a frenetic week of talks in Paris to forge a 195-nation accord to brake global warming.

To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 196 member states approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

Time is running out to avert "a climate catastrophe," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned today as ministers opened a frenetic week of talks in Paris to forge a 195-nation accord to brake global warming.