How will the Paris Agreement change your day-to-day life?

Chris Hope explores how the Paris Agreement could deliver significant improvements to our everyday lives

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It should be a momentous occasion for the environment. In early October 2016, 55 countries with 55 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions ratified the Paris climate change agreement. On November...

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