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Brexit could mar Paris Agreement success

EU's climate finance commitments could take a hit

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Nitin Sethi New Delhi
United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union may not delay the execution of the Paris Agreement on climate change but it could mar the global pact’s ability to achieve deep greenhouse emission cuts in the short- and medium- run.

The next step to operationalising the global compact requires at least 55 countries contributing at least 55 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions to formally join the agreement. The US and the EU have both lobbied and advocated that this get sealed by or at the G20 meeting scheduled for September 2016. The UN is organising a high-level
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