Rwanda: The Paris Agreement - an Opportunity for Rwanda

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Today Rwanda joins more than 150 nations at the U.N. in New York to sign the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The agreement turns a new page in the international response to a warming planet. As one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change, it is a great opportunity for Rwanda.

The road to the Paris Agreement was not easy - indeed getting almost every country to agree on something never is. But at the U.N. Climate Talks in France in December last year, we saw the commitment of the international community to do what's needed to protect our planet. It began in 2011 when the world came together to discuss a new universal climate agreement in Durban.

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