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"en.20161004.18.2-130-843"2
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"Those of us who have been following this process closely have suffered through many years of global climate summits where urgently needed consensus for action eluded us.
While we are consumed by more immediate concerns, it is easy to forget or to belittle the urgency of finally stalling the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, before global temperatures tip over a level that will usher in catastrophic disruption beyond our control.
Now that we have unblocked the ratification of the agreement by the EU, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, the Council of Member States will follow suit and we can have it formalised at the UN headquarters in New York by Friday.
But even if we make good on our collective commitments, that is still not good enough to keep temperatures from rising below 2 degrees Celsius.
We must keep working together and acknowledge that fundamental choices in the very near future will determine the survival of the species."@en1
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