03-10-2016 17:40 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Paris climate accord to go into force - but faces test of enforcement

By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - A global agreement on climate change is set to win enough ratifications by signatory nations this week to go into force in November, heralding a harder phase of turning promises into cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The 2015 Paris Agreement, outlining a shift from fossil fuels this century, says efforts to oversee compliance will be "non-adversarial and non-punitive", raising questions about how to ensure governments pull their weight. The European Parliament i
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