(VOVworld) - The European Union (EU) environment ministers on Friday agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, despite the fact that some national parliaments have yet to approve the deal.
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French Minister for Environment Segolene Royal and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at ''High-Level Event on Entry into Force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change'' meeting REUTERS/Carlo Allegri |
The information was confirmed by European Council President Donald Tusk on his Twitter account. He said all member states green-light early EU ratification of Paris Agreement. What some believed impossible is now real.
European Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete hailed a historic decision and said the deal answered criticisms that the EU had lost leadership on climate change. Seven EU nations, including Germany and France, have ratified the agreement.