Duke Scholars on the Significance of the Paris Climate Agreement

At a forum moderated by Nicholas Institute director Tim Profeta and featuring Duke students and experts who attended climate negotiations in Paris in December, the Nicholas Institute’s Brian Murray said that the specific goal for limiting temperature rise “evolved from a bit of a pipedream—or a strong hope by environmental activists around the world—to an actual reality that was written in the text.” Billy Pizer, a faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute, said that regular contributions to climate change mitigation by China and India are “a huge development.”

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