Historic Climate Accord Sets Binding 2035 Emissions Targets
Nations agreed on legally binding interim targets and a fund to help developing economies decarbonize faster.
Delegates concluded a landmark summit with a binding agreement to slash emissions by 2035, going further than the voluntary pledges that defined earlier climate talks.
The deal establishes a financing mechanism to help lower-income nations transition to clean energy and adapt to worsening extreme weather.
Environmental groups called it a meaningful advance while stressing that implementation and enforcement will determine its real impact.
Oil-producing states secured concessions on timelines, a compromise critics say could blunt the accord's ambition.
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