A deal was done in Katowice, Poland tonight that brought the Paris Agreement to life, but failed to give it a certain future.
It also bucked a trend of decline in the multilateral order and gave a much searched for win to those who wish for global solutions to global problems. The rules adopted were more comprehensive than many had expected to be returned from Cop24.
Read our story here. And read how the deal was done in our live blog.
** FROM WE MEAN BUSINESS: A host of multinational companies – including shipping giant Maersk, power utility Iberdrola, Indian industrial major Mahindra Group and the world’s largest furniture maker IKEA Group – showed up in force at COP24 in Poland to deliver a resounding message to policy makers: Business is acting on climate change. Increasingly ambitious national climate commitments – coupled with clear and confident policy signals to business – will enable companies to help deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement at the pace required. Read more from Nigel Topping, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition > **
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