Paris talks will culminate decades of complex climate negotiations

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he UN climate conference, to be held in Paris in December, represents the culmination of decades of complex climate negotiations that began in 1992.

The COP21, as the conference is known, may well be the endgame—our last, best chance to achieve a global, legally binding climate agreement.

We desperately need an agreement in order to curb fossil fuel emissions, put a price on carbon and drive investments in climate-smart practices and technologies. But a Paris treaty must take a much bolder approach than simply reducing fossil fuel emissions.

In most of the world—nearly 60 developing countries—deforestation and agriculture generate far more greenhouse gas emissions than the burning of fossil fuels.

Read the EcoWatch story - “What the World Needs from the Paris Climate Talks”.