Climate change: COP24 deal to bring Paris pact to life!
Negotiators in Poland have finally secured agreement on a range of measures that will make the Paris climate pact operational in 2020.
Last-minute rows over carbon markets threatened to derail the meeting - and delayed it by a day.
Delegates believe the new rules will ensure that countries keep their promises to cut carbon.
The Katowice agreement aims to deliver the Paris goals of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2C.
"Putting together the Paris agreement work programme is a big responsibility," said the chairman of the talks, known as COP24, Michal Kurtyka.
"It has been a long road. We did our best to leave no-one behind."
Climate deal to bring Paris pact to life


Just said Up yours Great DOPer LYING DrumpF
I wish I could get the people of our world and nation to just stop. Just stop polluting our world and causing this global catastrophe.
Global warming and climate change are real, is here and happening now and humans are the major cause of all of it.
We are spewing toxins into our world through the air, water and into our earth when we drill or mine.
All that abuse to our earth does cause consequences. You can't do that much damage and bad things not happen.
It's all done for money. That's all. So that someone will get even more filthy rich.
While asthma and other diseases increase. While our rivers, streams and lakes dry up. While we lose coast line. While Alaska is seeing perma frost melt when it's never melted before and can't keep buildings from sinking in it and a long list of other problems we are seeing and facing just because some people want to continue to get filthy rich.
Ever since the 70s I've always believed that solar panels should be standard part of building a house just like doors or windows. Finally one state, California has passed a law that requires all new housing to include solar panels. It should be required for all new buildings in most states. Especially those that get a lot of sun.
It only adds 8400.00 dollars to the cost of the house but saves the owner 19 thousand dollars over time. I lived in California for a couple years. I've paid their energy bills. It made me really appreciate the energy bills in my home state. Solar panels on the house will help a lot of people save a lot of money on those energy bills.