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Radio France Internationale
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Paris Agreement turns 10 as heat rises faster than global action

The Eiffel tower lit up in green with with the words "Paris Agreement is done" to celebrate the UN accord reached at the 2015 Cop21 climate summit in Paris. © REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo

Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed on 12 December 2015, the world is warming faster than countries are cutting emissions – even as clean energy expands and projected future warming has fallen.

Earth has warmed by about 0.46C since the deal was signed and the past decade has been the hottest on record. Scientists say governments have not moved fast enough to break dependence on coal, oil and gas, even though the accord has helped lower long-term temperature forecasts.

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