Paris Agreement 100 days on: COP21 in numbers

Madeleine Cuff
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Ever wondered how many cups of coffee are needed to draw up a global climate agreement?

For two weeks in December, the great and good of the global green economy gathered in Paris to agree the first international treaty to limit climate change to less than two degrees. The summit was a triumph...

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